Francisco Massiani

Francisco Massiani (2 April 1944 – 1 April 2019) was a Venezuelan writer and painter. His first novel, Piedra de mar has been a bestseller since its publication. It's a Bildungsroman of a middle class teenager in Caracas.[2][3] Massiani, won the Municipal Prize of Prose in 1998, and in 2005, the V annual contest of the Fundación para la Cultura Urbana (Foundation for the Urban Culture), for the storybook Florencio y los pajaritos de Angelina, su mujer. In 2006, he published his first book of poetry.[4] In 2012 he won the National Prize for Literature, as a recognition to his entire body of work.

Francisco Massiani
Born(1944-04-02)2 April 1944
Caracas, Venezuela
Died1 April 2019(2019-04-01) (aged 74)[1]
Caracas, Venezuela
Occupationwriter, painter
NationalityVenezuelan
Notable worksPiedra de mar (1968)
Notable awardsNational Prize for Literature (2012)

List of works
Novel
  • Piedra de mar (1968)
  • Los tres mandamientos de Misterdoc Fonegal (1976)
Short Story
  • Fiesta de campo/Renate o la vida siempre como en un comienzo (1965; published in 2008)
  • Las primeras hojas de la noche (1970)
  • El llanero solitario tiene la cabeza pelada como un cepillo de dientes (1975)
  • Relatos (1990)
  • Con agua en la piel (1998)
  • Florencio y los pajaritos de Angelina, su mujer (2006)
Poetry
  • 2006 Antología
  • 2007 Señor de la ternura
  • 2011 Corsarios
Anthologies
  • 16 cuentos latinoamericanos : antología para jóvenes, Coedición Latinoamericana, 1992, ISBN 978-968-494-064-2

References
  1. "Novelist and short story writer Francisco Massiani dies". El Universal. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. "Unofficial biography of Francisco Massiani. Francisco Massiani life and work. Francisco Massiani contributions and web resources". Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  3. "Fallece el escritor venezolano Francisco Massiani". 1 April 2019.
  4. "R.E. Lectura - Massiani, Francisco". Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
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