Washington Cucurto
Santiago Vega (born in 1973 in Quilmes, Provincia de Buenos Aires), better known as Washington Cucurto, is an Argentinian writer of fiction, prose and poetry.[1] He is the self-proclaimed creator of realismo atolondrado ('headlong realism').[2] His writing shares tendencies of American authors like Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs and Henry Miller. Because of his subject matter and style, he is a cult author, especially among young readers. His work deals with negritude, poverty, homosexuality, and other fringe cultures. In 2002 he founded Eloísa Cartonera, an extremely successful non-profit publishing house specializing in handmade and affordable books from recycled materials.[3]
Works
[edit]- Zelarayán, 1996, (poetry)
- La máquina de hacer paraguayitos, 1999, (poetry)
- Veinte pungas contra un pasajero, 2003, (poetry)
- Hatuchay, 2005, (poetry)
- Como un paraguayo ebrio y celoso de su hermana, 2005, (poetry)
- Upepeté. Noticias del Paraguay, poetry, (2009)
- El tractor, poetry, (2009)
- Poeta en Nueva York, poetry, (2010)
- Macanas, poetry, (2009, with pseudonym Humberto Anachuri)
- El Hombre polar regresa a Stuttgart, poetry, (2010)
- Cosa de negros, novella (2003),
- Noches vacías, cumbiela (2003)
- Panambí, cumbiela (2003),
- Fer, cumbiela (2004),
- La luna en tus manos, story (2004),
- Las aventuras del Sr. Maíz, story (2005),
- Hasta quitarle Panamá a los yanquis, novel (2005),
- El amor es mucho más que una novela de 500 páginas, novella (2008)
- El curandero del amor, novella (2006),
- 1810. La revolución vivida por los negros, historical novel (2008),
- Idalina, historia de una mujer sudamericana, novella (2009),
- El Rey de la cumbia contra los fucking Estados Unidos de América, story (2010),
- Pulgas y cucarachas, story (2010)
- Sexibondi, novella (2011)
Translations
[edit]Translations exist in English, German, French and (Brazilian) Portuguese:
- Some Dollars (Collection), by Jordan Lee Schnee
- Die Maschine die kleine Paraguayerinnen macht, by Timo Berger
- Schuhe aus Leinen, by Timo Berger
- Coisas de Negros
- Zelarayán, by Geneviève Orssaud
References
[edit]- ^ "Autores: Curcurto" (in Spanish). Interzona Editora. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Letralia 185 | Entrevistas | Washington Cucurto, el creador del "realismo atolondrado", desde Nueva York: La literatura debe ser movilizadora | Eduardo Corrales".
- ^ "Washington Cucurto".
External links
[edit]- Editorial Eloísa Cartonera, Eloísa Cartonera Publishing House
