Alberto Barrera Tyszka
Alberto Barrera Tyszka (born February 18, 1960 in Caracas ) is a Venezuelan writer and screenwriter.
Life
Alberto Barrera Tyszka studied literature at the Universidad Central de Venezuela , where he later became a lecturer in literature. He is a columnist for El Nacional newspaper and writes for the literary magazine Letras Libres . Barrera Tyszka published five novels (2017), several volumes of short stories and several non-fiction books. He is the screenwriter of a large number of telenovelas produced for the South American market.
Barrera Tyszka was awarded the Herralde Novel Prize in 2006 for the novel La enfermedad . In 2005 he wrote a biography about Hugo Chávez with his partner Christina Marcano and after his death the novel Patria o muerte , which received the Premio Tusquets de Novela in 2015 .
Works (selection)
- Fiction
- También el corazón es un descuido . Plaza & Janés, Mexico City 2001.
- La enfermedad . Anagrama, Barcelona 2006.
- Rating . Anagrama, Barcelona 2011.
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Patria o muerte . Anagrama, Barcelona 2015.
- The Comandante's last days. Novel . Translated by Matthias Strobel. Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-312-00994-7 .
- Non-fiction
- with Cristina Marcano: Hugo Chávez sin uniforme: una historia personal . Debate, Madrid 2005.
- Alta Traición . Debate, Madrid 2008.
- Un país a la semana . El Nacional Books, Caracas 2013.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alberto Barrera Tyszka in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Alberto Barrera in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Alberto Barrera in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alberto Barrera Tyszka , at Hanser's
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barrera Tyszka, Alberto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barrera, Alberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan novelist and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caracas |