César Vidal Manzanares

César Vidal
BornCésar Vidal Manzanares
(1958-05-09) 9 May 1958 (age 66)
Madrid, Spain
EducationAlfonso X El Sabio University, Logos University
Website
www.cesarvidal.com

César Vidal Manzanares (born 9 May 1958, Madrid) is a Spanish author and radio host.

Early life

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Vidal was born in Madrid on 9 May 1958, in the Puente de Vallecas neighborhood. He attended secondary school at the Escuelas Pías de San Antón. His brother is jurist and writer Gustavo Vidal Manzanares [es].[citation needed]

Career

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Vidal has a PhD in law from Alfonso X El Sabio University, and a degree in theology and philosophy from Logos University, where he is a member of the Board of Regents.[citation needed]

He is a member of the Executive Council of the Interamerican Institute for Democracy.[1] Since 2015, he has been a member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language.[2]

Radio

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He hosted the radio show La Linterna [es] on Cadena COPE from 2004 to 2009. In 2009, he quit COPE to launch a radio station, esRadio [es], with Federico Jiménez Losantos. In 2013, he abandoned that project due to disagreements with Jiménez.[5] Since 2014, he has hosted La Voz (The Voice), a radio program broadcast from the United States.[3][unreliable source?]

Writing

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See also: List of works of César Vidal (in Spanish)

He has written for El Mundo, Diario 16, El Periódico de Aragón, and La Razón.[citation needed] He used to publish a series called Misterios de la Historia (Mysteries of History) in Libertad Digital.[4][5][6]

Vidal has written more than 100 books, and several have been on bestseller lists and received historical and literary awards.[7][unreliable source?]

He specializes in historical studies about totalitarian regimes and the history of religions. His book El Holocausto (The Holocaust) is the first complete history of the Holocaust written by a Spaniard.[citation needed] His book Las Brigadas Internacionales (The International Brigades) has been described by American historian Stanley G. Payne as "the most complete book about the International Brigades published in any language, in any time, and in any place."[8][unreliable source?] Payne also said that La Guerra Que Ganó Franco (The War that Franco Won) "is the best military history of the Spanish Civil War in one volume."[citation needed] In his books about the Spanish Civil War, Vidal used original Soviet sources to make claims about the role of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and the Cold War. In Paracuellos- Katin: El Genocidio de la Izquierda (Paracuellos-Katin: The Genocide by the Left) and Checas de Madrid: Las cárceles republicanas al descubierto (Checas de Madrid: Republican Prisons Uncovered), Vidal estimates the number of people murdered during the Spanish Civil War by leftist groups. Among his studies in the history of religions, he has received praise for his trilogy on founders of religions: Jesus, el Judio (Jesus, the Jew); Buda, el Principe (Buddha, the Prince); and Mahoma, el Guia (Mohammed, the Guide).[citation needed] Vidal was the first to translate historical sources such as The Egyptian History of Manetho, The Gnostic Gospels of Nag Hammadi, The Complete Narrative of Ancient Egypt, and Komintern Documents to Spanish.[citation needed]

Political views and criticism

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Vidal is known for his far-right views on Islam, the Spanish Civil War, and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's administration.[citation needed] His detractors, including historians Ian Gibson and Ángel Viñas, accuse Vidal of lack of rigor and biased arguments. Vidal has been accused of misquoting historical sources and manipulating translations to support his own opinions.[9][10][11]

In his books about the Spanish Civil War (La Guerra que Ganó Franco, Checas de Madrid and Paracuellos-Katyn: El Genocidio de la Izquierda), he presents revisionist views of the conflict that conflict with mainstream historians, but are shared by fellow conservatives like Pío Moa and Ricardo de la Cierva.[citation needed]

On his show, Vidal has claimed that Islam and France have been Spain's main enemies throughout its history.[citation needed] He has theorized that May 68 was "a CIA operation to destabilize general de Gaulle" ("una operación de la CIA para desestabilizar al general De Gaulle").[12] He believes Basque is a "primitive language" ("una lengua tan primitiva").[13] He is skeptical of the theory of evolution.[14]

Awards

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  • 2000: Cartagena's Historical Novel Award for La mandrágora de las doce lunas
  • 2002: Las Lucas Biography Award for Lincoln
  • 2004: Ediciones Martínez Roca's [es] Spirituality Award for El testamento del pescador (The Fisherman's Testament)[15]
  • 2004: Jaén Literary Award for El último tren a Zúrich (Last Train to Zurich)
  • 2005: Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja for Los Hijos de la Luz (The Children of the Light)
  • 2005: The Academy of Science, Technology, Education, and Humanities' (AICTEH) Social Sciences Award
  • 2005: Silver Microphone (Micrófono de Plata)[16]
  • 2005: Antena de Oro[16]
  • 2005: HazteOir Award[16]
  • 2005: Catholic Childhood Commission (Comisión Católica Española de la Infancia; CCEI) Prize
  • 2006: Premio de Novela Histórica Alfonso X El Sabio [es] for El fuego del cielo (The Fire from Heaven)
  • 2006: Algaba Prize for Biography, Autobiography, Memoirs and Historical Investigations for Pablo, el judío de Tarso[17]
  • 2008: Asociación de Víctimas del Terrorismo Golden Pen Award (Pluma de Oro)
  • 2008: Finis Terrae Heterodox Humanist Essay Prize (El premio Finis Terrae de Ensayo Humanista Heterodoxo) for El caso Lutero[18][19]
  • 2011: ADNE's[expand acronym] Spaniard of the Year Award
  • 2012: Awarded by the Israeli Embassy for bettering the relationship between Spain and Israel
  • 2013: Order of the Torson's Golden Torso (Torsón de oro) Award
  • 2021: Mexican Press Club
  • 2022: Spanish Evangelical Publishers Association's Harold Kregel Award (Book of the Year) for Apóstol para las naciones

References

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  1. ^ "intdemocratic.org". intdemocratic.org. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ^ "La ANLE incorpora trece nuevos académicos de número" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. ^ Vidal, César. "La Voz de César Vidal". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Los cinco morosos que reconocerás: Dani Pedrosa, César Vidal, Lorenzo Sanz, Rodríguez Menéndez, Mario Conde". 23 December 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Intereconomía, el 'Avui' y César Vidal encabezan la lista de medios más morosos. Noticias de Comunicación". 23 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Los rostros conocidos de la lista de morosos: Mario Conde, Pedrosa, Lorenzo Sanz y otros más". 23 December 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  7. ^ "César Vidal: libros y biografía autor". Lecturalia (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Myths and Realities of the Spanish Civil War: From the International Brigades to the War Children". MSSU_calendar. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  9. ^ Gibson, Ian (2005). "Prólogo". Paracuellos: cómo fue (2nd ed.). Temas de Hoy. pp. 13–16. ISBN 84-8460-458-6. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  10. ^ Ángel Viñas (2007). "Tergiversaciones calumniosas". El escudo de la República. Crítica. p. 69. ISBN 978-84-8432-892-6.
  11. ^ Rojo, José Andrés (22 September 2005). "Contra la manipulación". El País. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  12. ^ "La derrota de la América WASP". Libertad Digital. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  13. ^ "César Vidal expresa su desprecio hacia el "vascuence"" [César Vidal expresses his contempt for "Basque"]. elplural.com (in Spanish). 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via Wayback Machine.
  14. ^ "Diálogo del 30 de abril con César Vidal". Libertad Digital. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  15. ^ "La Biblia y "El testamento del Pescador" los más vendidos". cristianos.com (in Mexican Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  16. ^ a b c "César Vidal pone en entredicho el consenso dominante sobre la Transición". Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  17. ^ "César Vidal gana el IV Premio Algaba de Biografía, Autobiografía, Memorias e Investigaciones Históricas" (in Spanish). Protestante Digital. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  18. ^ "César Vidal gana el premio Finis Terrae de ensayo". Libertad Digital (in European Spanish). 4 September 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  19. ^ "(pe) El Caso Lutero (ii Premio Finis Terrae De Ensayo) (libro del 2008). Escrito por Cesar Vidal. ISBN 9788441420908". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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