Arturo Pérez-Reverte

What fascinates me about Arturo Pérez-Reverte is the rare pivot from twenty-one years as a war correspondent to becoming one of Spain's most beloved novelists. That lived experience of conflict bleeds into the Captain Alatriste adventures and The Club Dumas, giving his swashbuckling plots a weight that pure imagination rarely achieves. The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and the CWA International Dagger confirm his reach far beyond Spain. I admire writers who earn their authority in the field before earning it on the page, and Pérez-Reverte turns hard-won reporting instincts into pure, intelligent storytelling that respects the reader.

Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951) is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was published in 1986. He is well known outside Spain for his Captain Alatriste series of adventure novels, which have been translated into multiple languages.

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Name (English)

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Name (Japanese)

アルトゥーロ・ペレス＝レベルテ

Reading

あるとぅーろ・ぺれす＝れべるて

Born

November 25, 1951 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rabbit

Origin

Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

war correspondent / writer / editor-in-chief / reporter / television presenter

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Complutense University of Madrid

Awards & achievements

• 2016 silver Medal of the Community of Madrid
• 2004 honorary doctorate of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena
• Latino Book Awards
• 2016 Don Quijote Journalism Prize
• 2005 Grand Cross of Naval Merit with white badge
• 1989 Cartagenero del Año
• 1993 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
• 2014 CWA International Dagger

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.perezreverte.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/perezreverte
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%AC%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86

Tags

• Region of Murcia
• war correspondent
• writer
• editor-in-chief

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.