Guillermo Saccomanno (born 1948 in
Mataderos
Mataderos (Spanish for "slaughterhouses") is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the three ''barrios'' that make up the Comuna 9, alongside Liniers and Parque Avellaneda. Located in the south-west end of the cit ...
,
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
) is an Argentinian writer.
Works
Film scripts
*''
Under Flag'' () (1997), dir. Juan José Jusid
*' (1997), dir. Luis Barone
Awards
* (2000)
*Municipal Short Story Award
*Crisis Prize for Latin American Narrative
*Club of the XIII Award
*
Premio Biblioteca Breve
The Premio Biblioteca Breve is a literary award given annually by the publisher Seix Barral (now part of Grupo Planeta) to an unpublished novel in the Spanish language. Its prize is €30,000 and publication of the winning work. It is delivered in ...
for ''The Office Worker'' (''
El oficinista'') (2010)
*Hammett Prize (2009) from the for ''77''
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*Hammett Prize (2013) from the Gijón Black Week for ''Cámara Gesell'' (''Gesell Dome'')
*
Konex Platinum Award (2014) as the best novelist of the period 2008-2010
*
Alfaguara Prize
The Alfaguara Novel Prize () is a Spanish-language literary award. The award is one of the most prestigious in the Spanish language. It includes a prize of (about ) making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. It is sponsored by Al ...
(2025), for ''The Wind Will Arrive''
References
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Living people
1948 births
Argentine people of Italian descent
21st-century Argentine novelists
20th-century Argentine novelists