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Alvaro Bisama


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Álvaro Bisama Mayné (born 18 April 1975) is a Chilean writer and literary critic. He was named as one of the best young writers in Latin America by the Hay Festival Bogota (see Bogota39).

He was born in Valparaíso, and studied at the Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación and the University of Chile. He teaches at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado.

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Bisama has written a number of books including:

  • Zona cero (Edición del Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso, 2003)
  • Caja negra (novel, 2006)
  • Postales urbanas (2006)
  • Música marciana (novel, Planeta, Santiago, 2008)
  • Cien libros chilenos (criticism, Ediciones B, Santiago, 2008)
  • Estrellas muertas (novel, Alfaguara, 2010) (translated into English as Dead Stars by Megan McDowell for Ox and Pigeon Electronic Books, 2014)
  • Ruido (Alfaguara, 2012)

    • His awards and citations include:

  • One of the 100 Young Chilean Leaders, or 100 Líderes Jóvenes Chilenos, selected in 2005 by El Mercurio
  • Selected by Bogotá 39 in 2007 as one of the best young writers in Latin America
  • Premio Municipal de Literatura de Santiago 2011 for Estrellas muertas
  • Premio Academia 2011 (awarded by Academia Chilena de la Lengua) for the best book of 2010 (Estrellas muertas)
  • Finalist at the Premio Altazor 2013 for Ruido

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