Matías Néspolo (born 1975) is an

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writer and journalist. He was born in

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, and studied literature at university. He wrote and published in a variety of genres: poetry, essays, novels, short stories, etc. In 2005, he published the poetry collection ''Anthología seca de Green Hills''. In 2009, he edited an anthology with his sister, the writer Jimena Néspolo, titled ''La erotica de relato: Escritores de la nueva literatura argentina''. That same year, he published his first novel, ''Siete maneras de matar a un gato'', which was translated into English by

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and published under the title ''Seven Ways to Kill a Cat'' (2011). Set in the poor parts of Buenos Aires, the book makes extensive use of

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, the distinctive

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slang of the city. In 2010, he was selected by

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as one of their best young contemporary writers in the Spanish language. He lives in Barcelona, with his wife and three daughters.

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