Ricardo Romero (writer)
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.jpg) Ricardo Romero guest lecturing at the University of Buenos Aires, 2015 | |
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) Paraná, Entre Ríos |
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| Nationality | Argentinian |
| Education | Universidad Nacional de Córdoba |
| Literary movement | El Quinteto de la Muerte |
| Notable works | Ninguna parte |
Ricardo Romero (born 1976) is an Argentine writer and editor. He was born in Paraná, Entre Ríos, and studied at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, where he majored in Modern Literature.[1][2][3] Moving to Buenos Aires in 2002, he edited the literary magazine Oliverio from 2003 to 2006.[1] From 2006 to 2010, he was a member of the writers' collective El Quinteto de la Muerte. Other members included Facundo Gorostiza, Federico Levín, Ignacio Molina, and Lucas "Funes" Olivera.
He works as an editor at Gárgola Ediciones, where he directs the collection Laura Palmer no ha muerto (Laura Palmer has not died),[4][3] including works by Juan Sasturain, among others.
Romero's debut novel Ninguna parte appeared in 2003. He has since completed a trilogy of postapocalytpic novels - El síndrome de Rasputín (2008), Los bailarines del fin del mundo (2009), El spleen de los muertos (2012). His book The President's Room was published in English by Charco Press.[5] In 2021, he published a new weird novel, Big Rip.[6][7]
His work has been translated to English, French, Portuguese and Italian.[8][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "El paranaense Ricardo Romero habló sobre el monstruo que protagoniza su nueva novela". UNO Entre Ríos (in Latin American Spanish). 12 January 2018.
- ^ Schlimovich, Ana (12 June 2016). "Paraná: la ciudad de cara al río que parece mar". La Nación (in Latin American Spanish).
- ^ a b "Ricardo Romero: "espero no perder nunca la capacidad de asombro"". La NAN (in Latin American Spanish). 4 June 2009.
- ^ "Yo soy el invierno". Fondo Nacional de las Artes (National Arts Fund) (in Latin American Spanish). Ministry of Culture (Argentina). 2 February 2023.
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- ^ a b Santos, Gonzalo (8 March 2021). ""Big Rip": la novela total" ["Big Rip", the total novel]. Perfil (in Latin American Spanish).
- ^ Santos, Gonzalo (7 March 2021). "'New Weird' cartografía del género perdido" [‘New Weird’, cartography of a lost genre]. Perfil (in Latin American Spanish).
- ^ Zunini, Patricio (6 March 2021). "Ricardo Romero: "Escribir una novela de mil páginas es saludable"". Infobae (in Latin American Spanish).
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