B.A. in Political Science, University of Alabama-Huntsville (1991);
M.A. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures, UC-Berkeley (1993);
Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures, UC-Berkeley (1997).
Winner of the Bolivian National Book Award (1992 and 2003), and
the Juan Rulfo Short Story Award (1997). He has published Alcides
Arguedas y la narrativa de la nación enferma (Plural, 2003),
and is the coeditor, with Debra Castillo, of the volume of critical
essays Latin American Literature and Mass Media (Garland, 2000),
and, with Alberto Fuguet, of the anthology of short stories Se habla
español: Voces latinas en U.S.A. (Alfaguara, 2000). He teaches
Modern and Contemporary Spanish-American Literature, Andean Literature,
Narrative and Mass Media, and Creative Writing. He is the author
of six novels (among them Río fugitivo and El delirio de
Turing), and three books of short stories (Las máscaras
de la nada, Desapariciones, and Amores imperfectos). Simulacros, an anthology of his short stories, has also been published. His
work has been translated to seven languages.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Alcides Arguedas y la narrativa de la nación enferma. La
Paz: Plural, 2003.
(with Debra Castillo, eds), Latin American Literature and Mass Media.
New York: Garland, 2000.
Articles:
“Mantra, de Rodrigo Fresán, y la novela de la multiplicidad
de la informacion.” Chasqui, May 2003.
"Vanguardia e imaginario cinemático: Vicente Huidobro
y la novela-film." Revista Iberoamericana, LXVIII. 198 (Enero-Marzo
2002), 153-63.
"Indigenismo, degeneración y deseo en Wuata Wuara de
Alcides Arguedas." Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana,
XXVIII.55 (Primer Semestre 2002), 113-32.
"Escritura y cultura audiovisual en Por favor, rebobinar de
Alberto Fuguet." Latin American Literary Review, XXX.59 (January-June
2002), 43-54.
"The Indigenist Writer as a (Mis)translator of Cultures: The
Case of Alcides Arguedas." Voiceovers: Latin American Literature
and Translation. Eds. Daniel Balderston and Marcy Schwartz. SUNY
Press, 2002.
FICTION
Books:
The Matter of Desire. English translation of La materia del deseo.
(Forthcoming, Houghton & Mifflin, 2004).
El delirio de Turing. La Paz: Alfaguara, 2003. Madrid: Alfaguara,
2004
La materia del deseo. Miami: Alfaguara, 2001. Madrid: Alfaguara,
2002.
(with Alberto Fuguet, eds.), Se habla español: Voces latinas
en USA. Miami: Alfaguara, 2000.
Sueños digitales. La Paz: Alfaguara, 2000. Madrid: Alfaguara,
2001.(Greek translation: Athens, Digiali, forthcoming 2004).
Amores imperfectos. La Paz: Alfaguara, 1998.
Río Fugitivo. La Paz: Alfaguara, 1998. Danish translation: Copenhague: Lindhardt & Ringhof, 2001. Finnish translation: Helsinki: Gummerus, 2000.
Stories in anthologies:
“Dochera” (English). A Whistler Through the Nightworld:
Short Fiction from the Latin Americas. Ed. Thomas Colchie. New York:
Plume, 2002.
"El contrabandista." Líneas Aéreas. Ed.
Eduardo Becerra. Madrid: Lengua de Trapo, 1999.
"Amor, a la distancia." McOndo. Eds. Alberto Fuguet &
Sergio Gómez. Barcelona/Santiago: Mondadori, 1996.
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