Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-
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Name (Hebrew)
ואסקס, חואן גבריאל, 1973-
Name (Latin)
Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-
Date of birth
1973
Associated Language
spa
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Los amantes de Todos los Santos, c2001:t.p. (Juan Gabriel Vasquez) flap (b. 1973 in Bogota; writes fiction, film criticism; has lived in Paris and Belgium; now lives in Barcelona)
- Wikipedia, June 20, 2014(Juan Gabriel Vásquez; born in Bogotá in 1973; writer. Vasquez studied Law in his native city, at the University of Rosario in Bogotá, and after graduating left for París where at the Sorbonne, he received a doctorate in Latin American Literature. Later he moved to Barcelona, where he resided until 2012. Today he lives in Bogotá. Vásquez won the 2014 International Dublin Literary Award, for The Sound of Things Falling (El ruido de las cosas al caer); he was the first South American writer to emerge victorious from the contest in its history)
Wikipedia description:
Juan Gabriel Vásquez (born 1973) is a Colombian writer, journalist and translator. He has written many novels, short stories, literary essays, and numerous articles of political commentary. His novel The Sound of Things Falling, published in Spanish in 2011, won the Alfaguara Novel Prize and the 2014 International Dublin Literary Award, among other prizes. His novels have been published in 28 languages. In 2012, after living in Europe for sixteen years, in Paris, the Belgian Ardennes, and Barcelona, Vásquez moved with his family back to Bogotá.
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