Carlos Liscano

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Carlos Liscano (2010)

Carlos Liscano (born March 18, 1949 in Montevideo ) is a Uruguayan writer and translator.

Life

Carlos Liscano spent 13 years of his life in prison for political reasons. He later moved to Sweden , but returned to Uruguay in 1996 and settled in Montevideo. He wrote numerous novels, stories, short stories, and poems. He also worked as a translator. Between 1994 and 2001 he published a total of nine plays in Sweden, Uruguay, France , Italy and Spain . He has received extensive awards for his literary work. He received the Premio Serena Foglia in 1989 for his novel "Memorias de la guerra reciente" . In the same year his poem "¿Estará no más cargada de futuro?" with a mention of the Intendencia of Montevideo . He received the same award in 1993 for his history collection "El charlatán". The Intendencia also awarded him the second prize in 1991 for "Agua estancada y otras historias", which was also awarded the Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo the following year . In 2001 he received the Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo one more time. In 1993 he was awarded the Stockholm City Prize. In 1996 the Intendencia awarded him their theater prize for "Mi Familia". In addition, he received the second prize for "Miscellanea observata" from the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture and in 2002 the first prize for "El furgón de los locos". In 2008 he was honored with the audience award at the Liège Festival for "Ma Famille".

Publications (selection)

Own works

  • "El método y Otro juguletes carcelarios", 1987
  • "Memorias de la guerra reciente", novel, 1988
  • "¿Estará no más cargada de futuro?", 1989
  • "Agua estancada y otras historias", 1991
  • "La mansión del tirano", novel, 1992
  • "El charlatán", 1994
  • "El camino a Itaca", novel, 1994
  • "Miscellanea observata", 1995
  • "La ciudad de todos los vientos", novel, 2000
  • "El furgon de los locos", 2001

Translations

  • "Tu momento en la tierra", 1995
  • "Peer Gynt"
  • "La Señorita Julia", 1999

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carlos Liscano (Spanish) at www.dramaturgiauruguaya.gub.uy, accessed on March 9, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Liscano, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay