Abelardo Castillo (March 27, 1935 – May 2, 2017) was an

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writer, novelist, essayist, diarist, born in the city of

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. He practised amateur

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in his youth. He also directed the literary magazines ''El Escarabajo de Oro'' and ''El Ornitorrinco''. He is well regarded in the field of Latin American literature. In 2014 he won the Diamond

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as the best writer in the last decade in Argentina.

Works

*''Antología personal'' (1999) *''La casa de ceniza'' (1967) *''La casa de ceniza'' (1994) *''Crónica de un iniciado'' (1991) *''El cruce del Aqueronte'' (1982) *''Cuentos crueles'' (1966) *''Cuentos crueles'' (1982) *''El que tiene sed'' (1989) *''El Evangelio según Van Hutten'' (1999) *''Israfel'' (2001) *''Israfel, drama en dos actos y dos tabernas sobre la vida de Edgar Poe'' (1964) *''Las maquinarias de la noche'' (1992) *''Los mundos reales V : el espejo que tiemblo'' (2005) *''El oficio de mentir : conversaciones con María Fasce'' (1998) *''Las otras puertas; uentos' (1961) *''Las otras puertas, y otros cuentos'' (1972) *''El otro Judas; o, El pájaro mágico'' (1961) *''Las palabras y los días'' (1988) *''Las panteras y el templo'' (1976) *''El que tiene sed'' (1985) *''Ser escritor'' (1997) *''Teatro completo'' (1995) *''Teatro: Sobre las piedras de Jericó. A partir de las 7. El otro Judas'' (1968) *''Cuentos brutales'' with Rodolfo Walsh and Luisa Valenzuela (1997) *''Diarios. 1954-1991'' (2014) *''Diarios. 1992-2006'' (2019)

External links

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Biographical details, literatura.org
1935 births 2017 deaths Writers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine male writers Argentine diarists {{Argentina-writer-stub