Horacio Vázquez-Rial (20 March 1947 – 6 September 2012) was an Argentine-born writer and translator who lived in Spain from 1968, mostly in

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. He was nominated for the

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in 1987 for ''Historia del triste'', and in March 1989 he was a finalist for the fifth edition of the Plaza y Janes Prize for ''La Reina de oros''. His only work available in English is ''Triste's History''. He died in

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, aged 65.

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Horacio Vázquez-Rial
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Vazquez-Rial, Horacio 1947 births 2012 deaths Spanish male writers Argentine male writers Spanish people of Argentine descent Writers from Barcelona