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 recent decades" , "I'm going to find out who was the author of this act of vandalism and I will punish him!" , "Tomorrow there will be a debate about copyright in the 21st century" .
There are many things that one can be the author of. 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 person X cannot dispose of a novel written by another person, or a musical composition by another person, at will.
Copyright is made up of rules that protect the property and moral rights of individuals. These rights are even included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights .
Let's take the case of a filmmaker and screenwriter who releases a new film. If a viewer goes to a cinema and records the film with a video camera and then uploads it to the Internet for anyone to see without paying, he will be violating the copyright of the director in question. The fact of illegally reproducing the film affects the interests of the filmmaker: he loses money, undermines the quality of the work, etc.
Copyright is protected by law.
SGAE in Spain
It is precisely on this basis that we have to explain that in Spain there is the SGAE. This is the General Society of Authors and Editors, 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 for the repertoire of the authors who are part of it.
Beyond the artistic field, every human being is the author of the actions he or she performs: a thief who commits a robbery is the author of a crime, to cite a case.
Movie «The Author»
In addition to all of the above, we must emphasize that "El autor" 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 is based on the novel entitled “El móvil” (1987) written by the Spanish author Javier Cercas. It tells the story of a man who, at the moment he decides to separate from his wife, who is a great best-selling author, decides to make his dream come true. That is none other than to write a great novel.
However, he will encounter many problems because he cannot think of anything, he seems to have no imagination, in the same way he believes 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 one can have. For this reason, he will begin to "manipulate" the people around him and generate all kinds of situations in order to be able to develop his first work.