Martín Caparrós

Martín Caparrós, 2013

Martín Caparrós (born May 29, 1957 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine journalist and writer.

Life

Martín Caparrós was born to the psychiatrist Antonio Caparrós and his wife María. He completed his school days at the Colegio Nacional in his hometown. His first literary attempts also come from this time.

In 1973 he started working as a journalist for the Noticias newspaper . When the military led by General Jorge Rafael Videla came to power in Argentina in 1976 , Caparrós fled into exile in France. He went to Paris and studied history there at the Sorbonne . He later continued his studies at the University of Madrid .

It was only when the rule of the Argentine military junta came to an end in 1983 that Caparrós returned to his home country. He settled as a writer in Buenos Aires. Three of his novels, Valfierno , We were wrong and Die Ewigen have been published in German translation. Caparrós also became known for his radio and television work. Together with the journalist Eduardo Anguita, he published the multi-volume work La voluntad in 2006 . Una historia de la militancia revolucionaria en la Argentina .

Awards

• 1995 - Guggenheim grant
• 2004 - Premio Planeta Argentina for Valfierno

Works

Novels

• No velas a tus muertos. Editores de la Flor, Buenos Aires 1986, ISBN 950-515-023-2 .
• La noche anterior. Editoria Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1990, ISBN 950-07-0645-8 .
• El tercer cuerpo. Puntosur, Buenos Aires 1990, ISBN 950-9889-50-4 .
• Valfierno. ( Valfierno. ) Roman. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3-8218-5776-3 .
• We were wrong. ( A quin corresponda. ) Roman. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8270-0839-8 .
• Una luna. Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona 2010, ISBN 978-84-339-7190-6 .
• The Eternals. ( Los Living. ) Roman. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-8270-1187-9 .

• Fatherland. ( Todo por la patria. ) Roman. Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-8031-3323-6 .

Non-fiction

• Amor y anarquía. La vida urgente de Soledad Rosas 1974–1998. Editorial Planeta, Buenos Aires 2003, ISBN 950-49-1038-6 .
• Bingo! Cien panfletos sobre todo y nada. Grupo Editoria Norma, Buenos Aires 2003, ISBN 978-987-545100-1 .
• Boquita. Editorial Planeta, Buenos Aires 2005, ISBN 950-49-1343-1 .
• with Eduardo Anguita: La voluntad. Una historia de la militancia revolucionaria en la Argentina. Booket, Buenos Aires 2006.

1. 1966-1969. El valor del cambio. ISBN 978-987-580068-7 .
2. 1969-1973. El cielo por asalto. ISBN 978-987-580069-4 .
3. 1973-1974. La patria socialista. ISBN 978-987-580070-0 .
4. 1974-1976. La patria peronista. ISBN 978-987-580071-7 .
5. 1976-1988. La caída. ISBN 978-987-580072-4 .

• El hambre. Editorial Planeta, Buenos Aires 2013, ISBN 978-950-494053-1 .
  • The hunger. German by Sabine Giersberg and Hanna Grzimek. Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2015. ISBN 978-3-518-42512-1 .

Translations

• William Shakespeare : Romeo and Juliet

Editorships

• Mariano Moreno : Plan revolucionario de operaciones.
• Voltaire : El ingenuo y filosofía de la historia.

Contribution to a photo book

• Buena memoria: a photographic essay by Marcelo Brodsky . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7757-1353-0 .

Web links

Commons : Martín Caparrós  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Martín Caparrós in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Martín Caparrós at perlentaucher.de
• Author biography (spanish)
• Short biography and interview on the Berlin Verlag website
• DLF (Deutschlandfunk) essay and discourse from December 6, 2015: Hunger - a human catastrophe? The Argentine writer Martín Caparrós in conversation with Peter B. Schumann