Rodrigo Blanco Calderón

Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (born 1981) is a Venezuelan writer from Caracas. He completed his doctorate in literature and linguistics from Paris XIII University. He has published several collections of stories, among them Una larga fila de hombres, Los Invencibles, Las rayas and Los terneros. He has also published a novel titled The Night. A translation of his short story 'Payaso' (Clown) appears in the anthology Crude Words: Contemporary Writing from Venezuela (Ragpicker Press, 2016).[1]

Rodrigo Blanco Calderón, 2018

In 2007, he was named as one of the Bogota39, a list of the best young writers in Latin America. In 2013, he participated in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He currently lives in Malaga.[2]

Awards
  • 2019 - Premio Bienal de Novela Mario Vargas Llosa for The Night
  • 2018 - Premio de la Crítica 2016-2017 for The Night
  • 2017 - Finalista del V Premio Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero for Los terneros
  • 2016 - Premio Rive Gauche à Paris du Livre Étranger for The Night
  • 2007 - LXI Concurso Anual de Cuentos del diario El Nacional for the story "Los golpes de la vida"
  • 2005 - Premio en el concurso de autores inéditos de la editorial Monte Ávila for Una fila de hombres

References
  1. Crude words : contemporary writing from Venezuela. Kobbé, Montague,, Girven, Tim (Editor), Brown, Katie,. London. ISBN 978-0-9929161-2-1. OCLC 967703093.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Bio
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.