Evelio Rosero
Evelio José Rosero Diago (born March 20, 1958 in Bogotá ) is a Colombian writer and journalist.
Life
Rosero spent most of his childhood in the Andean city of Cali . As a teenager he returned to Bogotá. He studied communication and journalism at the Universidad Externado de Colombia . He published his first stories in El Tiempo and in the Sunday supplement of El Espectador. At the age of 21 he received his first literary prize, the Premio Nacional de Cuento Gobernación del Quindío . Three years later he received the Mexican Netzahualcóyotl Prize for a short story. He then traveled to Europe and lived temporarily in quasi-exile in Paris and Barcelona.
His first trilogy of novels appeared in the 1980s, and in 2003 his previous major work: Los soldados . Since then, a rain of awards has descended on him. In 2006 he was the first winner of the Spanish Premio Tusquets de Novela .
Works
Rosero is a versatile writer, he has written novels, short stories, children's books, poems, plays, essays and newspaper articles. His most important works are his novels. In it he is active as myths and confronts national tradition with the reality of violence. He does not shy away from the decomposition and demystification of the figure of the national hero Simón Bolívar ( La carroza de Bolívar , 2012). Playing with times and spaces is significant for his work. The novel “Gute Dienst” was published in German in 2012, in which the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church is exposed.
His works include the twelve novels to date:
- El eterno monólogo de Llo (novel poem, 1981)
- Mateo solo (1984)
- Juliana los mira (Barcelona 1987)
- El incendiado (1988)
- Papá es santo y sabio (short novel, 1989)
- Señor que no conoce la luna (1992)
- Las muertes de fiesta (1995)
- Plutón (2000)
- Los almuerzos (2001)
- En el lejero (2003)
- Los ejércitos (Premio Tusquets, Barcelona 2006) (German: Between the Fronts, 2012)
- La carroza de Bolívar (Barcelona 2012)
- Plegaria por un papa envenenado (Barcelona 2014)
Stories:
- Cuento para matar a un perro (y otros cuentos) (1989)
- 34 cuentos cortos y un gatopájaro (2013)
Poetry book:
- Las lunas de Chía (2004)
Awards (selection)
- Premio iberoamericano de libro de cuentos Netzahualcóyotl 1982 (Mexico)
- Premio internacional de novela breve La Marcelina 1982
- Colombian National Prize for Literature in the short stories for children category 1992 and 2006 and in the novels category 2014
- Premio Tusquets 2006 (Spain)
Web links
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosero, Evelio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosero Diago, Evelio José (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bogotá , Colombia |