Álvaro Bisama

Álvaro Bisama Mayné (born 18 April 1975) is a Chilean writer and literary critic.[1] He was named as one of the best young writers in Latin America by the Hay Festival Bogota (see Bogota39).

Álvaro Bisama
Bisama in 2018
Born
Álvaro Bisama Mayné

(1975-04-18) 18 April 1975
Alma materUniversity of Chile
Occupation(s)Writer, critic

He was born in Valparaíso, and studied at the Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación and the University of Chile. He teaches at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado.

Bisama has written a number of books including:

  • Zona cero (Edición del Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso, 2003)
  • Caja negra (novel, 2006)
  • Postales urbanas (2006)
  • Música marciana (novel, Planeta, Santiago, 2008)
  • Cien libros chilenos (criticism, Ediciones B, Santiago, 2008)
  • Estrellas muertas (novel, Alfaguara, 2010) (translated into English as Dead Stars by Megan McDowell for Ox and Pigeon Electronic Books, 2014)
  • Ruido (Alfaguara, 2012)[2]

His awards and citations include:

References

  1. Profile
  2. "Alvaro Bisama: 'Escribo los libros que me gustaría leer'" [Alvaro Bisama: 'I Write the Books that I Would Like to Read']. Clarín Revista de Cultura (in Spanish). 27 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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