Daniel Alarcón
Daniel Alarcón (born March 5, 1977 in Lima , Peru ) is an American writer of Peruvian origin who lives in Oakland , California. He is a visiting writer at Mills College there.
Alarcón came to the United States at the age of three and grew up in a Spanish-speaking middle-class family in Birmingham, Alabama . At the age of 24 he returned to Lima for some time in the slum of San Juan de Lurigancho to teach photography. Some of the experiences gained there were inspiration for stories in the 'War by Candlelight' collection. Alarcón holds a BA in Anthropology from Columbia University . He is co-editor of the Lima literary magazine Etiqueta Negra . His debut novel Lost City Radio , published in 2007, has been translated into numerous languages and received the 2009 International Literature Prize from the House of World Cultures in Berlin.
Works (selection)
- Lost City Radio. Novel . Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin 2008, ISBN 9783803132185
- City of clowns. Stories. Translation by Friederike Meltendorf. Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin 2012, ISBN 9783803132451
- The King Is Always Above the People . Fourth Estate, 2017
Awards
- 2004 - Whiting Writers' Award
- 2007 - Guggenheim Fellowship and Lannan Literary Fellowship
- 2008 - National Magazine Award for South America in the 21st Century in The Virginia Quarterly Review
- 2008 - Finalist of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
- 2009 - International Literature Prize, Berlin
Web links
- Literature by and about Daniel Alarcón in the catalog of the German National Library
- Web presence of Daniel Alarcón (engl./span.)
- Article about Daniel Alarcón for the International Literature Prize
- Web presence of the literary magazine Etiqueta Negra (span.)
- Daniel Alarcón on culturebase.net
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- ↑ Article at IBDAmérica (August 2005) ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alarcón, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5th 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lima , Peru |