Marcelo Figueras

Marcelo Figueras (* 1962 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) is a writer , journalist and author of film scripts, for example for the novel Brennender Zaster by Ricardo Piglia and for his own novels. His film Kamtschatka (cinema, Argentina 2002, directed by Marcelo Piñeyro ) was awarded the Panorama Audience Prize at the Berlinale 2003 ( Berlin International Film Festival ).

He now lives in Barcelona and is considered one of the most important modern authors in Latin America .

Novels

El muchacho peronista (1992)
El espía del tiempo (2002), German by Sabine Giersberg: Der Spion der Zeit , Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-312-00458-4
Kamtschatka (2003), German by Sabine Giersberg: Kamtschatka , Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-312-00377-8
La batalla del calentamiento (2007), German by Sabine Giersberg: Das Lied von Leben und Tod , Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-312-00417-1
Aquarium (2009)
El negro corazón del crimen (2017), German by Sabine Giersberg: The black heart of crime , Nagel & Kimche, Zurich / Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-312-01066-0

2000: Plata quemada (with Marcelo Piñeyro )
2002: Kamchatka (together with Marcelo Piñeyro), official Argentinian entry as best foreign film for the Oscar / Best Foreign Language Film 2002
2004: Peligrosa obsesión
2005: Rosario, the scissors woman ( Rosario Tijeras )
2009: Las viudas de los jueves (together with Marcelo Piñeyro)

↑ http://www.hanser-literaturverlage.de/autoren/autor.html?id=21726 Publishing information with photo
↑ "Others would kill for it". In: sueddeutsche.de. October 9, 2010, accessed August 26, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Figueras, Marcelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentine writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buenos Aires , Argentina