The author of a novel is the one who wrote it.
The term author comes from the Latin word auctor and refers to the individual who is the creator, inventor, generator or producer of something . For example: "Dan Brown is the author of 'The Da Vinci Code', one of the best-selling books of the last decades" , "I am going to find out who was the author of this act of vandalism and I will punish him!" , «Tomorrow there will be a debate on copyright in the 21st century» .
You can be the author of countless things. A chef is the author of the dishes he prepares and the recipes he creates. A novelist is the author of the books he writes, while a musician is the author of his compositions .
Copyright
In the case of intellectual production, the author has property rights over his creations. This means that a subject
Copyright is made up of rules that protect the economic and moral rights of the individual. These rights are even contemplated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights .
Take the case of a filmmaker and screenwriter who releases a new film. If a viewer goes to a theater and records the film with a camcorder and then uploads it to the Internet so that anyone can see it without paying, they will be violating the copyright of the director in question. Illegally reproducing the film affects the interests of the filmmaker: it causes him to lose money, it undermines the quality of the work, etc.
Copyright is protected by law.
The SGAE in Spain
Precisely starting from that idea we have to explain that the SGAE exists in Spain. This is the General Society of Authors and Publishers, which was founded in the 1940s.
It now has more than 100,000 members and its main objective is to defend the rights of its members by issuing licenses to the repertoire of the authors who are part of it.
Beyond the artistic sphere, every human being is the author of the actions he performs: the thief who commits a robbery is the author of a crime, to cite one case.
Movie "The Author"
In addition to all of the above, we have to emphasize that "The Author" is the name of a Spanish-Argentine film that was released in November 2017. It is directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca and stars Javier Gutiérrez, María León and Antonio de la Torre, among others.
This feature film, in turn, is based on the novel titled "The Mobile" (1987) which is written by the Spanish Javier Cercas. It tells the story of a man who, when he decides to separate from his wife who is a great best-selling author, chooses to make his dream come true. That is none other than writing a great novel.
However, he will encounter many problems because nothing occurs to him, it seems that he has no imagination, in the same way he believes that he has no talent...However, everything will change when he goes to a writing workshop and the teacher tells him that reality is always the best muse you can have. For this reason, he will begin to "manipulate" the people around him and generate situations of all kinds in order to be able to develop his debut film.