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José
Jiménez
Lozano
The
Cat
We
were
talking
about
theology
in
the
living
room
and
the
cat
was
cleaning
himself
on a
green
satin
sofa.
He
was
white
with
a
red
spot
on
his
tail
— a
feminine
caprice.
“And
the
problem
of
evil?”
He
kept
on
cleaning
himself,
then
fell
asleep
for
a
long
time,
although
he
must
have
been
dreaming
for
his
tail
was
moving,
forming
questions.
©
José
Jiménez
Lozano
 José
Jiménez
Lozano
was
born
in
Langa,
Avila,
Spain
in
1930.
A
prolific
writer,
he
is
the
author
of
over
a
dozen
novels,
numerous
critical
essays
and
short
stories,
and
six
collections
of
poetry.
In
2002,
Jiménez
Lozano
was
awarded
the
prestigious
Cervantes
Prize
(el
Premio
Cervantes).
He
is
the
recipient
of
several
other
significant
awards
such
as
the
Premio
Castilla
y
León
de
las
Letras
in
1989,
the
Premio
de
la
Crítica
de
Narrativa
in
1988,
and
the
Premio
Nacional
de
las
Letras
Españolas
in
1992.
Translator
Marilynn
Rashid
teaches
Spanish
at
Wayne
State
University
in
Detroit,
Michigan.
Recent
poems
and
translations
have
appeared
in
Marlboro
Review,
Nimrod
International
Journal,
and
Runes.
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