Juan Damonte
Juan Damonte (* 1945 ; † 2005 in Nezahualcóyotl , Mexico ) was an Argentine writer who only came out with an award-winning detective novel that was translated into three languages.
Life
Damonte grew up as the son of the influential politician Raúl Damonte Taborda in a wealthy family in Buenos Aires; his brother was the comic book artist and writer Copi , his maternal grandfather the political scientist and editor Natalio Botana . He spoke six languages and worked as a journalist, photographer and translator for various newspapers. During the military dictatorship in Argentina, he went into exile in France, Spain and Mexico in 1976, where he spent his final years in seclusion near the Mexican capital.
He published only one novel - although he wrote a second one, he supposedly left the manuscript in a Mexican taxi. There was no copy. With Ciao Papá '( Chau Papá') Damonte won the prestigious Hammett Prize of the "Semana Negra" in Gijón for the best Spanish-language detective novel of 1996. In the book Damonte tells the story of Carlos Tomassini, a drug and alcohol addict while the time of the dictatorship in Argentina.
expenditure
- Chau Papá. Virus, DL, Barcelona 1997, ISBN 84-88455-40-2 .
- Tchao papa. Traduit de l'espagnol (chilli) by Isabelle Gugnon. Gallimard, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-07-049567-1 .
- Ciao Papá. From the Argentine Spanish by Peter Tremp. Latin America publishing house, Solothurn 2007, ISBN 978-3-9522966-3-9 .
- Ciao papà. A cura di Raul Schenardi. Elliot, Roma 2009, ISBN 978-88-6192-107-8 .
Web links
- Review of Chau Papá on pagina12.com.ar (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Fallció Juan Damonte, escritor y fotógrafo argentino ganador del premio Hammet 1996 . From: jornada.com.mx on September 17, 2005, accessed December 17, 2018 (Spanish)
- ^ A b Juan Damonte, Ciao papà - Nota del curatore. Review of the book on Perle e Cicatrici, May 18, 2016, accessed December 17, 2018 (Italian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Damonte, Juan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2005 |
| Place of death | Nezahualcóyotl , Mexico |