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Slavko Zupcic

Slavko Zupcic (Venezuela, 1970), psychiatrist, occupational health doctor and writer. He is the author of the novels Barbie, Círculo croata, and Pésame mucho, all of which are included in the book Tres novelas (2006); he is also the author of the short story collections Dragi Sol (1989); Vinko Spolovtiva, ¿quién…

Federico Vegas

Federico Vegas (Caracas,1950) completed his degree in architecture from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) in 1976. He has taught architectural design in the UCV, design at Princeton University (1983) and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University (1995). He has published the following books on architecture: El continente de papel…

Gustavo Valle

Gustavo Valle (Caracas, 1967) is the author of the books Materia de otro mundo (2003); La paradoja de Itaca (2005); Ciudad imaginaria (2006); Bajo tierra (2009); El país del escritor (2013); and Happening (2014), which earned him the III Novel Biennial Adriano González León and Venezuela’s Critics’ Prize, as well as the XIII edition of the Cross-Genre Prize…

Héctor Torres

Héctor Torres (Caracas, 1968)is a narrator and literary promoter. He is the author of the short-story books El amor en tres platos (2007) and El regalo de Pandora (2011), as well as of the novel La huella del bisonte (2008), which featured among the finalists of the 2006 Adriano González León…

Francisco Suniaga

Francisco Suniaga (Margarita Island, Venezuela, 1954) is a lawyer specialised in international law. For years he worked as an academic and wrote columns in Venezuela’s most respected newspapers. Between 2004 and 2009 he was the director of Exxito magazine, which focused on politics and economy. He has published the novels…

Jesús Miguel Soto

Jesús Miguel Soto (Caracas, 1981) read media and communication as well as letters (Letras) at the Central University of Venezuela. He has experience working as a lecturer, copy editor and editor. He has published the collection of short stories Perdidos en Frog and the novel La máscara de cuero. He has been the…

Carlos Sandoval

Carlos Sandoval (Caracas, 1964), literary critic, writer, editor. He is research fellow at the Institute of Literary Research of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and lecturer at the UCV and the Catholic University Andrés Bello. His latest publications include De qué va el cuento. Antología de relatos venezolanos 2000-2012…

Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles

Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles(Caracas, 1977) is the author of the novels Blue Label / Etiqueta Azul (2010), winner of the Ibero-American Novel Prize Arturo Uslar Pietri; Transilvania, unplugged (2011); Liubliana (2012), winner of the International Literary Prize Letras del Bicentenario Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and of Venezuela’s Critics’ Prize 2012; Jezabel (2013), and Julián (2014). He holds undergraduate degrees…

Ednodio Quintero

Ednodio Quintero (Trujillo, Venezuela, 1947) is a university lecturer, essayist, Japanese literature specialist, photographer and one of the most distinguished contemporary writers in Venezuelan literature. He is the author of eight books of short stories collected in two anthological volumes: Combates (2009) and Ceremonias (2013); eleven novels, including La danza…

Miguel Hidalgo Prince

Miguel Hidalgo Prince (Caracas, 1984) completed his undergraduate degree in letters (Letras) from the Central University of Venezuela. He is the author of the collection of short stories Todas las batallas perdidas, published in 2012 by BID & Co and is presently working on a new collection. ‘Half Way There’…

Maye Primera

Maye Primera is a Venezuelan journalist. She was editor-in-chief of the newspaper TalCual and worked as the Venezuela and Caribbean correspondent of the Spanish newspaper El País. She has published the books La República Alucinada: conversaciones sobre la Independencia venezolana (2011); Rostros y voces contra la impunidad (2010); and a biography of the Venezuelan…

Leonardo Padrón

Leonardo Padrón (Caracas, 1959), poet, chronicler, columnist, scriptwriter for film and television. He is the author of the poetry collections La orilla encendida; Balada; Tatuaje; Boulevard; El amor tóxico; Los materiales humanos,and Métodos de la Lluvia. His first book of crónicas, Kilómetro Cero, sold over twenty thousand copies and was…

Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez

Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez (Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1967) is the author of the novels Los Maletines; Tal vez la lluvia; Una tarde con campanas; El libro de Esther; and Árbol de luna, among others. In 2013 his work Arena negra was named book of the year by the country’s librarians. He has also published the collections of…

Willy McKey

Willy McKey (Caracas, 1980), poet, cultural agitator, editor and educator specialised in non-fiction and cultural journalism. He is an adviser and analyst of political semiotics and the editor of Newsweek, the cultural magazine of the Venezuelan online portal Prodavinci. He has been awarded the 2007 Fundarte Poetry Prize for his collection…

Roberto Martínez Bachrich

Roberto Martínez Bachrich (Valencia, Venezuela, 1977) read letters (Letras) at the Central University of Venezuela, where he later lectured. He holds a master’s degree in narrative technique from Scuola Holden in Turin and is presently completing his PhD in Hispanic language and literature at City University in New York (CUNY). He…

Carolina Lozada

Carolina Lozada(Venezuela, 1974), writer. Holds an undergraduate degree in letters (Letras) from the University of the Andes (Mérida, Venezuela). She is the author of El cuarto del loco (2014); La culpa es del porno (2013); La vida de los mismos (2011); Los cuentos de Natalia (2010); and Memorias de azotea (2007). ‘The Villagers’ was originally published as ‘Los pobladores’…

Albinson Linares

Albinson Linares (Venezuela, 1981) is a journalist and writer. He is a graduate from the University of Los Andes (Táchira) and has worked in Venezuela’s major newspapers and magazines, from El Nacional’s Papel Literario to Playboy or Prodavinci, among others. He is a regular contributor to international publications such as Etiqueta…

Eduardo Liendo

Eduardo Liendo (Caracas, 1941) is a novelist and short-story writer. He attended the secondary school Luis Espelozín in Caracas and studied at the Moscow Institute of Social Studies (1967-69) but his literary training came primarily as a voracious reader during his years as a political prisoner in the colonial Fortín…

Liliana Lara

Liliana Lara (Caracas, 1971) is a Spanish teacher and lecturer. She is the author of the collections of short stories Los jardines de Salomón,winner of the narrative prize of the XVI Literary Biennial José Antonio Ramos Sucre in 2007, andTrampa – jaula (finalist of the Oswaldo Trejo short-story prize organised by…

Gisela Kozak Rovero

Gisela Kozak Rovero (Venezuela, 1963) is a novelist, short-story writer, essayist and academic researcher. She holds a PhD and undergraduate degree in letters (Letras) and is a lecturer at the Central University of Venezuela. Her books include Venezuela, el país que siempre nace; Ni tan chéveres ni tan iguales: el cheverismo…

Freddy Gonçalves Da Silva

Freddy Gonçalves Da Silva (Caracas, 1981) was one of those children who would hide under the covers with a torch to read until the small hours of the morning. These days he just switches the lights on. He holds an undergraduate degree in letters (Letras) and a master’s degree in children’s…

Miguel Gomes

Miguel Gomes (1964) is the author of, among others, the works of fiction Visión memorable (1987); De fantasmas y destierros (2003); Un fantasma portugués (2004); Viviana y otras historias del cuerpo (2006); Viudos, sirenas y libertinos (2008); El hijo y la zorra (2010); and Julieta en su castillo (2012). He has…

Salvador Fleján

Salvador Fleján (Caracas, 1966) holds an undergraduate degree in letters (Letras) from the Central University of Venezuela. He is the author of the collections of short stories Intriga en el Car Wash (2006) and Miniaturas salvajes (2012), the collection of crónicas Ruedalibre: Crónicas inoxidables (2014) and the book of crónicas…

Victoria de Stefano

Victoria de Stefano (Rimini, Italy, 1940) read philosophy at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV). She worked in the university’s Institute of Philosophy and taught aesthetics, contemporary philosophy and theory of dramatic structures in the UCV’s faculties of Philosophy and Art. She is the author of the novels El desolvido (1970), La noche…

Héctor Concarri

Hector Concari (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1956), holds a degree in philosophy. He is film critic in the magazines Encuadre, CineOja, Imagen , the newspaper TalCual and various publications of the Cinemateca Nacional de Venezuela. He is the author of the novel De prófugos y fantasmas and the collections of short stories…

Doménico Chiappe

Doménico Chiappe (Peru, 1970) grew up in Venezuela, where his family moved in 1974. He has lived in Madrid since 2002. He holds a doctorate in humanities from Madrid’s Universidad Carlos III, and focused his thesis multimedia narrative. He has published the novels Tiempo de encierro (2013) and Entrevista a…

Israel Centeno

Israel Centeno (Caracas, 1958) is a writer of long and short fiction, creative literature instructor and cultural promoter. He has published approximately fifteen works in Venezuela, Spain and the United States. He was awarded the Consejo Nacional de la Cultura (CONAC) Prize and the Municipal Prize of Caracas in 1992…

Rodrigo Blanco Calderón

Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (Caracas, 1981) is a writer, editor and university lecturer. He has published the short-story collections Una larga fila de hombres(2005),Los Invencibles(2007) andLas rayas(2011). His short stories have earned him recognition both in Venezuela and abroad. In 2007 he was selected for the group Bogotá39, which gathered the best…

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