Federico Falco is an Argentine writer born in 1977. He holds a BA in communications from Blas Pascal University in Argentina and an MFA in creative writing in Spanish from

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. In 2004, he was given the Young Writers Award by the Spanish Cultural Centre of Córdoba,

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. In 2005, he received a grant for improvement from the National Trust for the Arts of Argentina, and in 2009, a scholarship from

and the

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Foundation. In 2010 Federico Falco was selected as one of The Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists by the

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. In 2012, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. Federico_Falco

Bibliography

Short Stories * ''222 patitos'', Editorial La Creciente, 2004. * ''00'', Alción Editora, 2004. * ''La hora de los monos'', Emecé 2010. Novels * "Cielos de Córdoba", Editorial Nudista. 2011 Poetry books * ''Aeropuertos, aviones'', Ediciones ¿Qué vamos a hacer hasta las seis?, 2006. * ''Made in China'', Ediciones Recovecos, 2008. Theatre * ''Diosa de Barrio'', Editorial La propia cartonera, 2010.

References

External links

Interview in Three Percent

Brief presentation in Granta Magazine

Interview (in Spanish)

''Elefantes'', short story (in Spanish)

''Cuento de Navidad'', short story (in Spanish)
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