Víctor San Juan


Víctor M. San Juan Sánchez was a Spanish naval historian, engineer and boat racer. He wrote over 30 books of both fiction and non-fiction about the naval history of Spain. His list of awards included two Nostromo awards, a bronze medal by the Fundación Letras del Mar, and an honor induction in the Premios Robinson de Historia Naval.

Biography

San Juan graduated as an engineer, participating in the building of the high-speed rail in Spain. He was simultaneously a boat racer with over 140 races in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. His main field was his work as a novelist and naval historian, which earned him being appointed knight by the Federación Española de Ligas Navales in 2018, among several other marks of distinction. In 2001 he won the fifth Nostromo literary award for his novel Pequeño Escota, named after his own yacht, and in 2011 won it again for his novel Indiamen. In 2006 he won the San Telmo bronze medal for his novel Trafalgar, tres armadas en combate, published in the 2th century anniversary of the eponymous battle.
He died in 2020 at 57 years old.

Awards

  • Premio Nostromo de literatura náutica
  • San Telmo bronze medal by the Fundación Letras de la Mar
  • Premio Nostromo de literatura náutica
  • Accesit in the Premios Robinson de Historia Naval

Non-fiction

Trafalgar, tres armadas en combate La batalla naval de las Dunas: La Holanda comercial contra la España del Siglo de Oro, Sílex, Piratas de todos los tiempos, Sílex, Barcos desaparecidos y su misterio, Sílex, 22 derrotas navales británicas, Navalmil, Tolón; batalla tras resurgir de las cenizas El Titanic y otros grandes naufragios, Nowtilus, La armada desconocida de Jorge Juan, Nowtilus, Grandes batallas navales desconocidas, Nowtilus, Extraños sucesos navales, Nowtilus, 22 derrotas navales de los franceses, Náutica RobinsonBreve historia de las batallas navales de la Edad Media, Nowtilus, Breve historia de la Armada Invencible, Nowtilus, Breve historia de las batallas navales del Mediterráneo, Nowtilus, Breve historia de las batallas navales de los acorazados, Nowtilus, Breve historia de las batallas navales de las fragatas, Nowtilus, Breve historia de los trasatlánticos, Nowtilus, Breve historia de Blas de Lezo, Nowtilus, Historia del navío de línea, Renacimiento, Cazatesoros y expolios de buques sumergidos, Nowtilus, Canales marítimos: gigantes de la ingeniería en el mar, Glyphos,

Fiction

Pequeño Escota Juventud, Soy capitán, Noray, Memorias de Trafalgar, Noray, La carrera del té, Noray, Indiamen, Juventud, Caudales, Librum Tremens, Morirás por Cartagena, Punto de Vista, Siete robles, Punto de Vista, El perfil del infinito, Nowtilus,