Fernando Butazzoni (born 1953) is a Uruguayan novelist and journalist. Translated into a dozen languages, he is winner of many international awards for literature and cinema. In 1979, at the age of 25, he won the
Casa de las Américas Literature Award. The Mexican writer and screenwriter
Guillermo Arriaga described his work as "A pretty fucking powerful look at the relationship between life and death".
Career
His first novel, ''The open night'', was awarded by the Confederation of Universities of Central America with the ''Latin American Narrative Award EDUCA'', in 1981. His works have been translated into several languages including English, French, Portuguese, Swedish, Italian, Rumanian and Russian.
In the ''Columbia Guide to the Latin America Novel...'' (2007),
Raymond Williams
Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh socialist writer, academic, novelist and critic influential within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the media and literature contribu ...
wrote about his novel ''Prince of death'': "Is a vast historical work set in nineteenth century". Alexandra Falek, in her thesis ''The Fiction of Afterwards''(
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...
, 2007), emphasized that the Butazzoni's work is "an example of testimonial fiction".
In 2009, director José Ramón Novoa filmed his novel "A distant place". The film starred Erich Wildpret and
Marcela Kloosterboer.
The film ''God's Slave'' (2013), written by Fernando Butazzoni, directed by Joel Novoa, has won several international film awards (in Huelva, Santa Barbara, Lleida, among others). The film was described as "riveting" by Anath White.
In 2014, Planeta Group published "Ashes of Condor", an extensive report about terrorism in
Latin America
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. The Uruguayan Book Chamber granted it the
Bartolomé Hidalgo Award 2014 during the International Book Fair in Montevideo.
In 2016,
Mario Vargas Llosa put the book ''Ashes of Condor'' on the short list of his Hispano-American Bienal,
and
Casa de las Américas granted it with the
José María Arguedas Award.
Bibliography
*1979, ''Los días de nuestra sangre'' (short stories)
*1981, ''La noche abierta'' (novel) ()
*1983, ''Con el ejército de
Sandino'' (chronic)
*1986, ''El tigre y la nieve'' (novel) ()
*1986, ''
Nicaragua
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: news of war'' (chronic)
*1987, ''Dance of the Lost'' (novel)
*1997, ''Prince of Death'' (novel) ()
*2004, ''
Lautréamont Kingdom'' (essay) ()
*2009, ''Imperfect Prophet'' (novel) ()
*2009, ''A distant place'' (novel) ()
*2014, ''Las cenizas del Cóndor'' (novel) ()
*2016, ''La vida y los papeles'' (chronic) ()
*2017, ''Una historia americana'' (novel) ()
Filmography (as writer)
*2002, ''Seregni-Rosencof''
*2010, ''A distant place'' (Avalon-Aleph-Joel Films)
*2013, ''God' Slave'' (Joel Films)
*2014, ''Solo'' (Unity Films)
*2016, ''Tamara'' (Unity Films, Joel Films)
References
External links
Official Website*
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1953 births
Uruguayan male novelists
Uruguayan male writers
Living people
Uruguayan journalists
Writers from Montevideo