Ricardo Piglia

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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 equally for his fiction (several collections of short stories; the novels "Artificial Respiration", 1980; "The Absent City", 1992; "Burnt Money", 1997) and his criticism (1986 "Criticism and Fiction", 1999 "Brief Forms", 2005 "The Last Reader".

Piglia has received a number of awards, including the "Premio Iberoamericano de las Letras 2005", "Premio Planeta 1997", and "Premio Casa de las Américas 1967". He currently teaches Latin American literature at Princeton University, United States.

Works

[edit]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)

[edit]Novels

• 1980 "Artificial Respiration" (Respiración artificial)
• 1992 "The Absent City" (La ciudad ausente)
• 1997 "Burnt Money" (Plata Quemada)
• 2010 "Nocturnal Target" (Blanco nocturno)

[edit]Short story collections

• 1967 The Invasion (La Invasión)
• 1975 "Assumed Name"(Nombre Falso)
• 1988 "Perpetual Prison" (Prisión perpetua)
• 1995 "Moral Tales" (Cuentos morales)

[edit]References

1. ^ "Ricardo Piglia" (in Spanish). Literatura Argentina Contemporánea. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

External links

• Listing at literature dot org

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