Michael JacobsMichael Jacobs is a prolific writer on art history and travel, and a translator of Spanish and Latin American drama. He was born in Italy and took his degree in Art History at the Courtauld Institute, where he received a Ph.D. in 1982 for his researhes into 18th-century Italian art. He is currently Senior Honorary Research Fellow in the Hispanics Department of Glasgow University. Since 1979 he has worked mainly as a writer. His Factory of Light €” Tales from my Andalucian Village, was shortlisted for the 2004 Thomas Cook Prize. He lives in Spain. Read More Read Less