Eduardo Halfon (born 1971) is a Guatemalan writer.

Career

Eduardo Halfon was born in

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, moved to the United States at the age of ten, went to school in

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, studied

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, and then returned to Guatemala to teach literature for eight years at Universidad Francisco Marroquín. Named one of the best young Latin American writers by the Hay Festival of Bogotá, he is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Roger Caillois Prize, José María de Pereda Prize for the Short Novel, and Guatemalan National Prize in Literature. He is the author of fourteen books published in Spanish and three novels published in English: ''Mourning'', winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award and the International Latino Book Award, finalist for the

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and Balcones Fiction Prize, and long listed for the

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; ''Monastery'', long-listed for the Best Translated Book Award; and ''The Polish Boxer'', a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection and finalist for the International Latino Book Award. Halfon is currently living in

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and holds a fellowship from

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Published works

*''Esto no es una pipa, Saturno'' (Alfaguara 2003, Punto de Lectura 2007) *''De cabo roto'' (Littera Books 2003) *''El ángel literario'' (

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2004, Semifinalist of the Herralde Prize for Novel) *''Siete minutos de desasosiego'' (Panamericana Editorial 2007) *''Clases de hebreo'' (AMG 2008) *''Clases de dibujo'' (AMG 2009, XV Café Bretón y Bodegas Olarra Literary Prize) *''El boxeador polaco'' (Pre-Textos 2008) *''La pirueta'' (Pre-Textos 2010, XIV José María de Pereda Prize for Short Novel) *''Mañana nunca lo hablamos'' (Pre-Textos 2011) *''Elocuencias de un tartamudo'' (Pre-Textos 2012) *''Monasterio'' (Libros del Asteroide 2012) *''Signor Hoffman'' (Libros del Asteroide 2015) *''Duelo'' (Libros del Asteroide 2017) *''Biblioteca bizarra'' (Jekyll & Jill 2018) *''Canción'' (Libros del Asteroide 2021)

Works Translated into English

*''The Polish Boxer'' (Bellevue Literary Press, Pushkin Press, 2012) *''Monastery'' (Bellevue Literary Press, 2014) *''Mourning'' (Bellevue Literary Press, 2018)

Awards

* 2007: Named one of the 39 best young Latin American writers by the Hay Festival of Bogotá * 2010:

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Prize for the Short Novel, for ''The Pirouette'' (Spain) * 2011:

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* 2015: Prix Roger Caillois (France) * 2018: National Prize in Literature (Guatemala) * 2018:

Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger The Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Prize) is a French literary prize created in 1948. It is awarded yearly in two categories: Novel and Essay for books translated into French. Prix du Meilleur livre étranger — Novel *2020: ...

, for ''Mourning'' (France) * 2018: Premio de las Librerías de Navarra, for ''Mourning'' (Spain) * 2019: Edward Lewis Wallant Award, for ''Mourning'' (U.S.) * 2019: International Latino Book Award, for ''Mourning'' (U.S.) * 2021: Premio Cálamo, for ''Canción'' (Spain)

Career

Published works

Works Translated into English

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