Ricardo Piglia

Ricardo Piglia ( born 1941 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine writer and editor.

Life

Piglia studied, inter alia, History at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. His doctoral studies, he had to stop not finish, when General Juan Carlos Onganía of 1966 coup to power. He got a job in publishing " Tiempo Contemporáneo " and served 1971-1975 as editor of the magazine " Literatura y Sociedad " and " Los Libros ". In addition to his function as editor he made during this period also known as a literary critic.

Honors

Works (selection)

  • Hector Babenco: Corazón iluminado. In 1996.
  • David Lipszyc: El Astillero., 2000.
  • Fernando Spiner: La Sonambula. Recuerdos del futuro. In 1998.
  • Cuentos morales. Relatos. In 1995.
  • Jaulario. Relatos. In 1967.
  • Prisión perpetua. In 1988.
  • Wrong name. A short novel. Homage to Roberto Arlt. Dt. by Sabine greed Berg, publisher Klaus Wagenbach 2003, ISBN 3-8031-3184-7.
  • La ciudad ausente. Novela. In 1992.
  • Plata quemada. Novela. In 1997. Burning loot. Dt. by Leopold Federmair, publisher Klaus Wagenbach 2010, ISBN 978-3-8031-2635-1.
  • Short forms. Babylon, Borges, Buenos Aires. Berlin 2007, ISBN 9,783,937,834,184th
  • The last reader. Dt. by Leopold Federmair, Klever Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-902665-23-2.
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