Eduardo Alvariza
Eduardo Alvariza (born July 1, 1959 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is a Uruguayan writer and journalist .
Life
Alvariza, who completed his training as a psychologist in 1984, worked as a journalist for the newspapers and magazines Jaque , Punto y Aparte , Relaciones and El País Cultural , where he wrote in particular literary and film reviews. From 1988 to 1989 he lived in Madrid . From 1990 he worked for Búsqueda , where he worked as an editor in the culture and events area at the beginning of the 21st century. In 1993 he won the competition of the Intendencia Municipal of Montevideo for "unpublished stories" ( narrativa inédita ) with his book Rojo del cielo y otros cuentos , published the following year . In 2001 his work Ayer escuché a Miles was published . That year he was also awarded the Legión del Libro of the Cámara Uruguaya del Libro . In 2008 he published Mecanismo a válvula .
Publications (excerpt)
- 1994: Rojo del cielo y otros cuentos , published by Cal y Canto
- 1996: La trompeta de arena as part of the anthology La cara oculta de la luna
- 2001: Ayer escuché a Miles
- 2008: Mecanismo a válvula
Awards
- 1993: Winner of the Unpublished Narrative Contest from the Intendencia Municipal of Montevideo
- 2001: Legión del Libro
literature
- Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, p. 22f
Web links
- Biography (Spanish), accessed April 27, 2012
- El relato brevísimo agranda su terreno (Spanish) in El País on December 27, 2008, accessed on April 27, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alvariza, Eduardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |