Eduardo Lago

Eduardo Lago (b. Madrid, 1954) is a Spanish novelist, translator, and literary critic, currently living in Manhattan, New York, United States. In 2002, he was the recipient of the Bartolomé March Award for Excellence in Literary Criticism for his critical comparison of three Spanish translations of James Joyce’s novel, "Ulysses". In 2006, he won the Premio Nadal, Spain's oldest and most prestigious literary award, for his first novel, "Llámame Brooklyn" ("Call Me Brooklyn"). For many years, he interviewed North American writers for the literary supplement "Babelia" in the Spanish newspaper "El País". He currently is the Director of the Cervantes Institute in New York, on leave from teaching Spanish and Spanish literature at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York.

He is a founding member of the Order of Finnegans. Its members are obliged to venerate the novel Ulysses, James Joyce and, if possible, attend each year in Dublin on June 16, at Bloomsday, in a long journey that culminate, late in the afternoon, in the Martello Tower (beginning of the novel ), reading some excerpts from Ulysses, and after walking through Finnegans pub-Order takes its name from the bar in the neighbouring town of Dalkey.