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Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón (born 18 October 1942) is a Spanish magician.
Tamariz is considered to have pionereed close-up card magic. American stage magician Ricky Jay once said he considered him to be a magician people will remember,[1] and he was referred to as "the greatest and most influential card magician alive" by David Blaine.[2] Tamariz performed at FISM in 2006 in Stockholm, 2009 in Beijing, China, 2015 in Rimini, Italy and 2018 in Busan, South Korea.[3][failed verification]
A celebrity of television and stage in Spain and South America, Tamariz has authored six books translated into English: The Five Points in Magic, The Magic Way, Sonata, Mnemonica, Verbal Magic, and The Magic Rainbow.[citation needed]
Career
Television
Tamariz appeared regularly on Spanish television over the span of almost 2 decades.[2]
Screening in theatres in 2024, the documentary Lost In The Shuffle sees Shawn Farquhar explore the centuries old mysteries hidden in a deck of cards, while visiting fellow magicians, including Juan Tamariz, to explore their favourite card tricks.
Books
Monedas, monedas... (y monedas) (1969, CYMYS).
Truki-cartomagia (1970, CYMYS). In collaboration with Ramón Varela
Aprenda Usted Magia (1973, CYMYS).
Magia en el Bar (1975, CYMYS).
Magicolor: (la magia del cambio de color) (1977, CYMYS).
Enciclopedia del forzaje (1980, Self Published — photocopy).
Los Cinco Puntos Mágicos (1982,Editorial Frakson).
Revised (1988, Editorial Frakson).
Revised (2005, Editorial Frakson).
English Version: The Five Points in Magic (2007, Hermetic Press).
Por arte de magia: Historia de los autómatas precedida de la historia de la prestidigitación y manipulación. (1982, Puntual).
La Vía Mágica (1988, Editorial Frakson).
Second Edition, Spanish (2011, Editorial Frakson).
English Version: The Magic Way (2014, Hermetic Press).
Sonata: Música Bruja Vol I (1989, Editorial Frakson).
English Version: Bewitched Music, Vol. 1: Sonata, translation: Donald Lehn, (1991, Editorial Frakson).
Secretos de magia potagia. Volumen 2 de La biblioteca encantada de Juan Tamariz. (1990, Editorial Frakson).
La sangre del turco. Volumen 3 de La biblioteca encantada de Juan Tamariz. (1990, Editorial Frakson).
El Mundo mágico de Tamariz (1991, Ediciones del Prado).
La magia del falso pulgar: (teoría, técnica y práctica) (1992, Producciones Mágicas Tamariz).
Sinfonía en mnemónica mayor: la baraja mnemónica de Tamariz. Volumen 2 de Música bruja (2000, Producciones Mágicas Tamariz)
English Version: Mnemonica (2004, Hermetic Press).
Por arte de verbimagia (2005, Producciones Mágicas Tamariz)
English Version: Verbal Magic (2008, Hermetic Press).
^"IV CONGRESO MAGICO NACIONAL"(PDF). Secretaría Permanente de Congresos Mágicos Nacionales de España (in Spanish). 1962. Archived from the original(PDF) on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.