Camilo Pino
Camilo Pino La Corte is a Venezuelan novelist. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1970, the son of historian Elias Pino Iturrieta.
Pino studied journalism at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and communications at the University of Westminster. He also studied poetry at the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos.
In 1986, Pino founded the magazine Al Encuentro.
In 2010 he was awarded the Carolina Coronado Prize for literature in Venezuela for his debut novel Valle Zamuro.[1] In evaluating the work, Spanish novelist Almudena Grandes said, "[Pino] has debuted with an extraordinary and splendid work"[1] which has "...changed the way I read novels."[1]
A selected group of Venezuelan intellectuals and writers included Valle Zamuro in the Prodavinci.com list of ten best books of the year 2011.
His second novel, Mandrágora was published in 2017 by Sub-Urbano in Miami.
References
- ^ a b c Parra, M.A. (27 June 2010). "Un periodista y un estudiante ganan los premios literarios" [Journalist and student win literary prizes]. El Perióodico Extremadura (in Spanish).
External links
1. Interview by Jaime Bello León. Revista Claro (Nr. 210, 2011). Spanish.
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