Santiago Vega (born in 1973 in

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), better known as Washington Cucurto, is an Argentinian writer of fiction, prose and poetry. He is the self-proclaimed creator of ''realismo atolondrado'' ('headlong realism'). His writing shares tendencies of American authors like

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. Because of his subject matter and style, he is a cult author, especially among young readers. His work deals with negritude, poverty, homosexuality, and other fringe cultures. In 2002 he founded Eloísa Cartonera, an extremely successful non-profit publishing house specializing in handmade and affordable books from

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Works

*Zelarayán, 1996, (poetry) *La máquina de hacer paraguayitos, 1999, (poetry) *Veinte pungas contra un pasajero, 2003, (poetry) *Hatuchay, 2005, (poetry) *Como un paraguayo ebrio y celoso de su hermana, 2005, (poetry) *Upepeté. Noticias del Paraguay, poetry, (2009) *El tractor, poetry, (2009) *Poeta en Nueva York, poetry, (2010) *Macanas, poetry, (2009, with pseudonym Humberto Anachuri) *El Hombre polar regresa a Stuttgart, poetry, (2010) *Cosa de negros, novella (2003), *Noches vacías, cumbiela (2003) *Panambí, cumbiela (2003), *Fer, cumbiela (2004), *La luna en tus manos, story (2004), *Las aventuras del Sr. Maíz, story (2005), *Hasta quitarle Panamá a los yanquis, novel (2005), *El amor es mucho más que una novela de 500 páginas, novella (2008) *El curandero del amor, novella (2006), *1810. La revolución vivida por los negros, historical novel (2008), *Idalina, historia de una mujer sudamericana, novella (2009), *El Rey de la cumbia contra los fucking Estados Unidos de América, story (2010), *Pulgas y cucarachas, story (2010) *Sexibondi, novella (2011)

Translations

Translations exist in English, German, French and (Brazilian) Portuguese: *''Some Dollars (Collection)'', by Jordan Lee Schnee *''Die Maschine die kleine Paraguayerinnen macht'', by Timo Berger *''Schuhe aus Leinen'', by Timo Berger *''Coisas de Negros'' *''Zelarayán'', by Geneviève Orssaud

References

External links

Editorial Eloísa Cartonera
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