Written Lives (Spanish: Vidas Escritas) is a collection of biographical sketches of famous literary figures, written by Spanish author Javier Marías and originally published in 1992. Margaret Jull Costa's English translation was published by New Directions in 2006.[1]

Written Lives
First edition (Spanish)
AuthorJavier Marías
Original titleVidas Escritas
TranslatorMargaret Jull Costa
Cover artistSemadar Megged
LanguageSpanish
GenreBiography
PublisherEdiciones Siruela
Publication date
1992
Publication placeSpain
Published in English
2006
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN978-0-8112-1689-0
OCLC148750126

The literary figures featured include:

There is also, towards the end of the book, a section entitled 'Fugitive Women', which includes shorter sketches of Emily Brontë, Julie de Lespinasse, Violet Hunt, Vernon Lee, Adah Isaacs Menken and Lady Hester Stanhope. The final chapter, 'Perfect Artists', looks more generally at the tradition of the literary artist.

References

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  1. ^ Benfey, Christopher (2006) Book Review: "Vitae", New York Times, March 12, 2006.
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