Eduardo Alfredo Sacheri (born 13 December 1967 in
Castelar
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) is an
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writer and professor of History, graduated in the
National University of Luján
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. He is best known for his novel ''La pregunta de sus ojos'' which became the basis for the
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-winning film ''
El secreto de sus ojos
''The Secret in Their Eyes'' () is a 2009 crime drama film produced, edited, and directed by Juan José Campanella from a screenplay by Campanella and Eduardo Sacheri, and based on Sacheri's 2005 novel ''La pregunta de sus ojos''. It stars Ric ...
'' and its
American remake. Sacheri co-wrote the film's script in collaboration with its director
Juan Jose Campanella
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.
Sacheri and Campanella were also the screenwriters of the
animation film
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''Underdogs''. He also published a number of
short stories
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, such as ''Esperándolo a Tito y otros cuentos de fútbol'' and ''Lo raro empezó después.''
In 2016, Sacheri won the
Premio Alfaguara
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for his novel ''La noche de la usina''. The novel was later adapted for cinema as the film, ''
Heroic Losers
''Heroic Losers'' () is a 2019 heist comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Sebastián Borensztein, based on the novel ''La noche de la Usina'' (''The Night of the Heroic Losers'') by Eduardo Sacheri, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It f ...
'', directed by
Sebastián Borensztein
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Early li ...
and co-written by Sacheri.
Works
Novels
* ''La pregunta de sus ojos'' (2005)
* ''Aráoz y la verdad'' (2008)
* ''Papeles en el viento'' (2011)
* ''Ser feliz era esto'' (2014)
* ''La noche de la Usina'' (2016)
* ''Lo mucho que te amé'' (2019)
* ''Nosotros dos en la tormenta'' (2023)
Short story collections
* ''Esperándolo a Tito y otros cuentos de fútbol'', AKA ''Los traidores y otros cuentos'' (2000). Contains 14 short stories:
** "Esperándolo a Tito"
** "Me van a tener que disculpar"
** "La promesa"
** "Valla invicta"
** "De chilena"
** "El cuadro del Raulito"
** "Jugar con una Tango es algo mucho más difícil de lo que a primera vista se podría suponer"
** "Independiente, mi viejo y yo"
** "Ultimo hombre"
** "Angel cabeceador"
** "La hipotética resurrección de Baltasar Quiñones"
** "Decisiones"
** "El sueño de Nicoletti"
** "Los traidores"
* ''Te conozco, Mendizábal y otros cuentos'' (2001). Contains 18 short stories:
** "Te conozco, Mendizábal"
** "Nunca tuve suerte con las mujeres"
** "El hombre"
** "Decí que el Carozo es un tipo de recursos"
** "La última visita de Edmundo Sánchez"
** "Matar el tiempo"
** "Acabo de mirar el reloj"
** "Ahí viene caminando Andrés"
** "Confesión de amor en la parada del 93"
** "El castigo"
** "Estimado doctor"
** "Cruzar el puente"
** "Las precauciones necesarias"
** "Encuentros clandestinos"
** "9 de diciembre de 1824"
** "Mi abuelo sabía mucho de fútbol"
** "Mi mujer es una persona sumamente discreta"
** "El piloto de combate"
* ''Lo raro empezó después y otros cuentos'' (2003). Contains 19 short stories:
** "Lo raro empezó después"
** "Un verano italiano"
** "Los informes de Evaristo Romero"
** "El golpe del Hormiga"
** "Cerrantes y la tentación"
** "Lunes"
** "El apogalipsis según el Chato"
** "El retorno de Vargas"
** "Reuniones de egresados"
** "Hechizo indio"
** "Motorola"
** "La multiplicación de Elenita"
** "Por Achával nadie daba dos mangos"
** "Un buen lugar para esperar sin prisa"
** "Correo"
** "Segovia y el quinto gol"
** "El rulo y la muerte"
** "Geografía de Tercero"
** "Fotos viejas"
* ''Un viejo que se pone de pie y otros cuentos'' (2007). Contains 14 short stories:
** "Un viejo que se pone de pie"
** "Frío"
** "En paz descansa"
** "El apellido terminaba con A"
** "Pericón"
** "Bicicletas"
** "Topadoras"
** "Fuego"
** "Montes, en el patio"
** "Valperga"
** "Volver"
** "Señor Pastoriza"
** "Los miércoles de Urrutia"
** "Una sonrisa exactamente así"
* ''Los dueños del mundo'' (2012). Contains 17 short stories:
** "Pelotas perdidas"
** "Colectivos"
** "El diablo con una sola media"
** "La casa abandonada"
** "Bicicletas I. Introducción"
** "Bicicletas II. El factor humano"
** "Bicicletas III. Cemento fresco"
** "Bicicletas IV. La espiral de violencia"
** "Ferrocarriles"
** "La laguna"
** "Figuritas"
** "Curso de ingreso"
** "Navidades I. Rompeportones"
** "Navidades II. La casita"
** "Navidades III. Anticapitalismo"
** "Carnavales"
** "El mejor gol de mi vida"
* ''La vida que pensamos. Cuentos de fútbol'' (2013). Contains 23 short stories:
** "Esperándolo a Tito"
** "De chilena"
** "El cuadro de Raulito"
** "Me van a tener que disculpar"
** "Decisiones"
** "El golpe del Hormiga"
** "La promesa"
** "Motorola"
** "Lo raro empezó después"
** "Un verano italiano"
** "Independiente, mi viejo y yo"
** "Por Achával nadie daba dos mangos"
** "Jugar con una Tango es algo mucho más difícil de lo que a primera vista se podría suponer"
** "Un viejo que se pone de pie"
** "El apogalipsis según el Chato"
** "Señor Pastoriza"
** "Los traidores"
** "El castigo"
** "Una sonrisa exactamente así"
** "Feliz cumpleaños"
** "Benito en cuatro meses"
** "La vida que pensamos"
** "Dominó"
Nonfiction
;Article collections:
* ''Las llaves del reino'' (2015)
* ''El fútbol, de la mano'' (2017)
References
External links
*
Books of Eduardo Sacherion
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1967 births
Living people
Writers from Buenos Aires Province
21st-century Argentine dramatists and playwrights
Argentine people of Italian descent
Argentine educators
21st-century Argentine short story writers