Ricardo Piglia
Ricardo Piglia (born on November 24, 1941 in Adrogué and raised in Mar del Plata) is one of the foremost contemporary Argentine writers,[1] known for his fiction, including several collections of short stories; the novels Artificial Respiration (1980), The Absent City (1992), Burnt Money (1997); and criticism including Criticism and Fiction (1986), Brief Forms (1999) and The Last Reader (2005).
Piglia has received a number of awards, including the Premio internacional de novela Rómulo Gallegos (2011),[2] Premio Iberoamericano de las Letras (2005), Premio Planeta (1997), Premio Casa de las Américas (1967).
He has been a long time resident of the United States,[3] where he teaches Latin American literature at Princeton University.
Works
Essays
- 1986 Criticism and Fiction ("Crítica y ficción")
- 1993 Argentina in Pieces ("La Argentina en pedazos")
- 1999 Brief Forms ("Formas breves")
- 2000 Dictionary of the Novel of Macedonio Fernández ("Diccionario de la novela de Macedonio Fernández")
- 2005 The Last Reader ("El último lector")
Novels
- 1980 Artificial Respiration ("Respiración artificial")
- 1992 The Absent City ("La ciudad ausente")
- 1997 Burnt Money ("Plata Quemada")
- 2010 Nocturnal Target ("Blanco nocturno")
Short story collections
- 1967 The Invasion ("La Invasión")
- 1975 Assumed Name ("Nombre Falso")
- 1988 Perpetual Prison ("Prisión perpetua")
- 1995 Moral Tales ("Cuentos morales")
References
- ^ "Ricardo Piglia" (in Spanish). Literatura Argentina Contemporánea. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "La obra “Blanco nocturno” de Ricardo Piglia ganó el Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos ", June 2011.
- ^ "Blanco nocturno takes Rómulo Gallegos prize ", complete review, 5 June 2011.