Manuel Rivas

Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain)[1] is a Spanish writer, poet and journalist.

Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15.

He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain and played an important role during the 2002 Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast.

His 1996 book ¿Que me queres, amor?, a series of sixteen short stories, was adapted by director José Luis Cuerda for his film La lengua de las mariposas.

His 1998 novel O lapis do carpinteiro has been published in nine countries and is the most widely translated work in the history of Galician literature.