Guillermo Martínez (writer)
Guillermo Martínez (* 1962 in Bahía Blanca ) is an Argentine writer and mathematician .
After receiving his doctorate as a mathematician, Guillermo Martínez worked for two years as a postdoc at Oxford University . He has lived in Buenos Aires since 1985 .
He published his first book with the short story volume La jungla sin bestias in 1982. In 1989 he received the "Premio Nacional Roberto Arlt" for the short story book Infierno Grande . His best-known book to date is the international bestseller Crímenes imperceptibles (German title: Die Pythagoras-Morde ), published in 2003 , which was awarded the Planeta Prize for Argentina in the same year and was filmed in 2007 as The Oxford Murders with John Hurt and Elijah Wood .
Works
- La jungla sin bestias . 1982
- Infierno Grande . Destino Ediciones, Buenos Aires 1989, ISBN 950-732-023-7
- Acerca de Roderer . Planeta, Buenos Aires 1993, ISBN 950-742-276-5 (German Roderer's opening . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-8218-5787-9 )
- La Mujer del Maestro . Planeta, Buenos Aires 1998, ISBN 950-49-1474-8
- Crímenes imperceptibles . 2003 (German The Pythagoras murders . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-8218-0950-7 )
- La Formula de La Inmortalidad . Seix Barral, Buenos Aires 2005, ISBN 950-731-465-2
- Borges y La Matematica . Seix Barral, Buenos Aires 2006, ISBN 950-731-514-4
- La Muerte Lenta de Luciana B. 2007 (German: The slow death of Luciana B. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-8218-7200-1 )
- Godel (para todos) . Seix Barral, Buenos Aires 2009
- Los crímenes de Alicia 2019 ( Ger . The case of Alice in Wonderland Eichborn 2020, ISBN 978-3-8479-0046-7 )
Web links
- Literature by and about Guillermo Martínez in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Guillermo Martínez in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Official website
- Biographical note at Perlentaucher
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martínez, Guillermo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine writer and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bahía Blanca |