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Juan José Téllez Rubio is a Spanish writer and journalist born in Algeciras (Spain) in 1958. Contributor to different forms of media (newspapers, radio and television). Founder of several countercultural magazines and collectives, he has received various journalistic and literary awards.

Journalism
He was the editor of the newspaper Europa Sur and is currently working as independent journalist within the industry: contributor to various literary groups and gatherings and writer of a fortnightly column for eldiario.es. He is also the director for the programmes 'Bienvenidos' and 'A pulso' on Radio Andalucía Información focusing on intercultural and prison issues.

Literature
At the same time he has a literary career as a poet, storyteller and essayist, as well as having written the librettos for a number of musical shows covering to varying degrees the themes of flamenco and ethnic music. He has also written the scripts for numerous documentaries. From 2012-2019 he was the director of programming and content at the Andalusian Centre of Letters.

Main publications
Poetry:


 * Historias del desarrollo (1978)
 * Crónicas urbanas (Winner of the Bahía prize, 1979)
 * Medina y otras memorias (1981)
 * Bambú (1985)
 * Daiquiri (1986)
 * Trasatlántico (2000)
 * Las causas perdidas (2005)
 * Sonados (2008), in collaboration with Tito Muñoz.
 * Las grandes superficies (2010). Winner of the Unicaja de Poesía prize.

His first six books of poems have been published together under the title of "Ciudadelas y sextantes", in 2006.

Stories:


 * Amor negro (1989)
 * Territorio estrecho (1991)
 * El loro pálido (1999)
 * Main Street (2002)
 * Señora Melancolía (2007)
 * Profundo Sur (2013)

Essays:

He has contributed to numerous joint publications such as the texts which accompany the facsimile edition of the ´Sonetos de la Bahia´, by José Luis Cano in 1987, or the series ´Crónica de un sueño´ about the democratic transition in Andalusia.
 * Paco de Lucía, retrato de familia con guitarra (1994)
 * Marejada, historia de un grupo literario (1996), in collaboration with Juan José Lanz
 * Carlos Cano, una historia musical andaluza (1998, extended edition in 2000)
 * Moros en la costa (2001)
 * Chano Lobato, memorias de Cádiz (2003), in collaboration with Juan Manuel Marqués
 * Paco de Lucía en vivo (2003)
 * Carlos Cano, una vida de coplas (2004),in collaboration with Antonio Ramos Espejo.
 * Gibraltar en el tiempo de los espías (2005)
 * Teoría y praxis del gadita (2008)
 * Sin ninguna base (2010)
 * María Zambrano y la República Niña (2011)
 * Yanitos (2013)
 * Paco de Lucía, el hijo de la portuguesa (2015)
 * María Zambrano, razón de vida (2016)

His works have also featured in numerous anthologies and some have been translated into English, French, Portuguese, Finnish and Arabic.