A basic bibliography serving as an introduction to St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer and Opus Dei, is given below. For a more comprehensive bibliography please click here to go to our Bibliography Advisory Service. The writings of St. Josemaria may be directly searched in www.escrivaworks.org.
BIOGRAPHIES
Andrés Vázquez de Prada. El Fundador del Opus Dei, Tomo I: “Señor, que vea”, Madrid, Rialp, 2002, 639 p., 7 ed. (1st ed.: Madrid, Rialp, 1997). Translated into Italian (Leonardo International, Milano, 1999), German (Adamas Verlag, Köln, 2001), English (Scepter Publisher, Princenton (NJ), 2001), French (Le Laurier – Wilson & Lafleur Ltée, París – Montréal, 2001), Portuguese (Verbo, Lisboa, 2002) and Polish (Ksiegarnia Sw. Jacka, 2002).
El Fundador del Opus Dei, Tomo II: “Dios y audacia”, Madrid, Rialp, 2002, 759 p., 2nd ed. (1st ed.: Madrid, Rialp, 2002). Translated into Italian (Leonardo International, Milano, 2003), English (Scepter, New York, 2003), French (Le Laurier – Wilson & Lafleur Ltée, París – Montréal, 2003), Polish (Ksiegarnia Sw. Jacka, 2003), Portuguese (Verbo, Lisboa, 2003) and German (Adamas Verlag, Köln, 2004).
El Fundador del Opus Dei, Tomo III: “Los caminos divinos de la tierra”, Madrid, Rialp, 2003, 796 p., 2nd ed. (1st ed.: Madrid, Rialp, 2003). Translated into Italian (Leonardo International, Milano, 2004), Portuguese (Quadrante, Sao Paulo, 2004) and English (Scepter Publisher, Princenton (NJ), 2005).
Lorenzo Revojera. San Josemaria in terra lombarda: con lo sguardo alla Madonnina 1948-1973, Milano, Àncora Editrice, 2011, 1ª, 208 pp.
William Keenan. The Day the Bells Rang Out: Saint Josemaría Escrivá and the Origins of Opus Dei, Hertfordshire, Batchwood Press, 2011, 1ª, 311 pp. ? The Path Through the Mountains: Saint Josemaría Escrivá and the Origins of Opus Dei, Hertfordshire, Batchwood Press, 2011, 1ª, 430 pp.
Rolf Thomas. Josemaria Escrivá begegnen, Augsburg, Sankt Ulrich Verlag, 2010, 1ª, 157 pp.
Giovanni Minoli. Opus Dei, Milano, Rizzoli, 2008, 1ª, 115 pp.
Michele Dolz. Mia madre la Chiesa: vita di san Josemaría Escrivá, Cinisello Balsamo (Mi), San Paolo, 2008, 268 p.
John F. Coverdale. Uncommon faith: the early years of Opus Dei, 1928-1943, Princeton, Scepter, 2002, 396 p., 1st ed. Translated into Spanish (La fundación del Opus Dei, Madrid, Ariel, 2002).
Eugueny Pazukhin. Zinz y Trudy blazennovo khosemaria Escrivá, Osnovatelia Opus Dei, Helsinki, Okeanos Oy, 2000, 229 p., 1st ed.
Pilar Urbano. El hombre de Villa Tevere: los años romanos de Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Madrid, Plaza & Janés, 2000, 549 p., 9 ed. (1st ed.: Madrid, Plaza & Janés, 1995). Translated into Italian (Mondadori, Milano 1996) and Portuguese (Quadrante, Sao Paulo 1996).
Ana Sastre Gallego. Tiempo de caminar, Madrid, Rialp, 1991, 701 p., 4 ed. Translated into Portuguese (Diel, Lisboa 1994).
Erik Kennet Palsson. Vagen till Opus Dei: Om grundarem och verket, Helsingborg, Catholica, 1989, 1st ed.
Hugo de Azevedo. Uma luz no mundo: vida do Servo de Deus Monsenhor Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Lisboa, Prumo – Rei dos livros, 1988, 1st ed.
Peter Berglar. Opus Dei. Leben und Werk des Gründers Josemaría Escrivá, Salzburg, Ottto Muller, 1983, 1st ed. Translated into Italian (Rusconi, Milano 1987), Spanish (Madrid, Rialp, 2002, 434 p., 6 ed.), English (Scepter, Princeton 1994) and French (Mame, Paris 1992).
François Gondrand. Au pas de Dieu. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, fondateur de l’Opus Dei,París, France-Empire, 1982, 1st ed. Translated into Spanish (Madrid, Rialp, 1992, 320 p., 6 ed.), English (Scepter, London 1989), Italian (Città Nuova, Roma 1986) and Polish (Apostolicum, 2000).
Salvador Bernal Fernández. Apuntes sobre la vida del Fundador del Opus Dei, Madrid, Rialp, 1980, 388 p., 6 ed. (1st ed.: Madrid, Rialp, 1976). Translated into English (Scepter, London 1977), Italian (Ares, Milano 1977), Portuguese (Prumo-Aster, Lisboa 1978), French (Sos, París 1978), German (Adamas, Köln 1978), Dutch (De Boog, Bruxelles 1982), Japanese (Seido, Ashiya 1985) and Polish (Ksiegarnia Swietego Jacka, Katowice 1991).
A complete list of the published biographies of St. Josemaría (until 2002) may be found in Studia et Documenta, n. 2 [2008], p. 425-479. See now [PDF 302k]
