Fernando Iwasaki
Fernando Iwasaki Cauti (born 1961) is a Peruvian writer and historian. While in Peru, he taught at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and the University of the Pacific in Lima. Since 1989, he has lived in Seville.
Fernando Iwasaki

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- Name
- Fernando Iwasaki
- Born
- 1961
- Birthplace
- Lima, Peru
- Occupation
- * Historian
- Nationality
- Peru · Spain
- Fields
- Peruvian literature · Spanish-language literature
- Education
- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru · Pablo de Olavide University · University of Salamanca · University of Seville
- Honours
- Premio Copé · Don Quijote Journalism Prize · Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language
- Languages
- Spanish
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Fernando Iwasaki Cauti (born 1961) is a Peruvian writer and historian. While in Peru, he taught at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and the University of the Pacific in Lima. Since 1989, he has lived in Seville.
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Educated At · outgoing
Pablo de Olavide University
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Propiedad de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Educated At · outgoing
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
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Spain
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Educated At · outgoing
University of Salamanca
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originally posted to Flickr as Salamanca
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Biography
Biography
Iwasaki has published more than 20 volumes of fiction and non-fiction. He contributes regularly to various newspapers and magazines. His work has been translated into numerous languages, including Russian, English, French, Italian, Romanian and Korean.
Fernando Iwasaki studied at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Pablo de Olavide University and University of Salamanca. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is Peruvian literature and Spanish-language literature. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are essay. Places of work recorded in the authority are Seville. Residence is recorded at Gibraltar. Employment is recorded with General Archive of the Indies, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and Universidad del Pacifico. Distinctions recorded are Premio Copé, Don Quijote Journalism Prize and Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Fernando Iwasaki • Born — 1961 • Birthplace — Lima, Peru • Citizenship — Peruvian • Occupation — * Historian • writer
Selected works
Selected works
Novels • Neguijón (Alfaguara, 2005) • El libro de buen amor (RBA, 2001) Short stories • España, aparta de mí estos premios (Páginas de Espuma, 2009) • Helarte de amar (Páginas de Espuma, 2006) • Ajuar funerario (Páginas de Espuma, 2004) • Un milagro informal (Alfaguara, 2003) • Inquisiciones Peruanas (Renacimiento, 1997) • A Troya, Helena (Los Libros de Hermes, 1993) • Tres noches de corbata (AVE, 1987) • Papel Carbón (Páginas de Espuma, 2012) Essays and articles • Nabokovia Peruviana (La Isla de Siltolá, 2011) • Arte de introducir (Renacimiento, 2011) • Republicanos (Algaba Essay Prize, 2008) • Mi poncho es un kimono flamenco (Sarita Cartonera, 2005) • El Descubrimiento de España (Nobel, 1996) • Una declaración de humor (Bodegas Olarra & Café Bretón Prize, 2012) • Sevilla, sin mapa (Paréntesis, 2010) • La caja de pan duro (Signatura, 2000) • El sentimiento trágico de la Liga (Premio Fundación del Fútbol Profesional [Professional Football Foundation Prize], 1995). History • Extremo Oriente y Perú en el siglo XVI (Fundación Mapfre, 1992) • Nación Peruana: entelequia o utopía (Crese, 1998), • El comercio ambulatorio en Lima (co-author, ILD, 1989) • Jornadas contadas a Montilla (editor, 1996) • Francisco Solano, proceso diocesiano (editor, 2000)
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Gibraltar
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 19
- Numéro spécial de Cauce avec de nombreux articles dédiés à Iwasaki
- Colloque sur son œuvre à l'université libre de Bruxelles
- Pasavento: revista de estudios hispánicos. Bernat. Castany Prado. La autoderrisión en la obra de Fernando Iwasaki. 2015. 2255-4505.
- Las patrias literarias de Fernando Iwasaki. Eva valero Juan. El mar no es ancho ni ajeno: complicidades transatlánticas entre Perú y España. Iberoamericana. Colección Letral Monografías Letral. 2019. 978-3-95487-923-6. 978-84-9192-013-7. 978-3-95487-922-9.
- Raquel. Fernández Cobo. Lo fantástico como selección entre lenguaje, mente y mundo, un enfoque cognitivista en los microrrelatos de Fernando Iwasaki. Tonos digital: revista de estudios filológicos. 22. 1–22. 2012. 1577-6921.
- Raquel. Velázquez Velázquez. Procedimientos de irrupción de lo fantástico en Ajuar funerario, de Fernando Iwasaki. Cartaphilus, Vol. 10 (2012). 2012. 1887-5238.
- Jorge Luis Yangali. Vargas. Intolerancia y sacrificio en el microcuento “El antropólogo” de Fernando Iwasaki. Lejana. Revista Crítica de Narrativa Breve. 2015-10-15. 2061-6678. 10.24029/lejana.2015.8.89.
- Ellen. Lambrechts. La traducción de "Ajuar funerario" de Fernando Iwasaki: un estudio de caso de dos microrrelatos fantásticos de terror. Tropelías: Revista de Teoría de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada. 32. 103–114. 2019-07-06. 2255-5463. 10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.2019323431.
- Ignacio. López-Calvo. Lima + Seville = Okinawa: The Japanese as Caricature in Fernando Iwasaki’s España, aparta de mí estos premios. The Affinity of the Eye: Writing Nikkei in Peru. University of Arizona Press. 2013-06-06. 978-0-8165-9987-5. 978-0-8165-2598-0. 10.2307/j.ctt181hwwf.11.
- NUDO Y LABERINTO EN 'LA ESPAÑOLA CUANDO BESA' DE FERNANDO IWASAKI. Revista Entrelíneas. 2017. 2256-2133.
- Barbara. Mauthes. Un nikkei peruano español frente a Japón: España, aparta de mi estos premios de Fernando Iwasaki Cauti. Amerika. Mémoires, identités, territoires. 28. 2024-03-12. 2107-0806. 10.4000/1222e.
- Pasavento: revista de estudios hispánicos. Álvaro. Pina Arrabal. El tránsito de la literatura al cómic: “Ajuar funerario”, de Fernando Iwasaki. 2020. 2255-4505.
- Silvia. Rosa. Y el verbo se hizo carne: Inquisiciones pervanas de Fernando Iwasaki y el imaginario religioso en la Colonia. Boletín hispánico helvético: historia, teoría(s), prácticas culturales. 33-34. 119. 2019. 1660-4938. 10.5169/seals-1047089.
- De Sevilla a Lima durante el Virreinato: acerca de Neguijón, de Fernando Iwasaki. El viaje en la literatura hispanoamericana. Vervuert Verlagsgesellschaft. 2008-12-31. 749–760. 978-3-96456-597-6. 10.31819/9783964565976-060.
- El descubrimiento de España de Fernando Iwasaki: un viaje de ida y vuelta. El viaje en la literatura hispanoamericana. Vervuert Verlagsgesellschaft. 2008-12-31. 643–650. 978-3-96456-597-6. 10.31819/9783964565976-050.
- Félix. Terrones. Redes locales, latinoamericanas y globales: los ensayos de Fernando Iwasaki y Leonardo Valencia. CECIL. Cahiers d'études des cultures ibériques et latino-américaines. 2023-01-01. 2428-7245. 10.4000/cecil.3721.
- R. Dhondt. La construcción de un ethos transnacional en la obra de Fernando Iwasaki. Cauce. 39. 211–225. 2016. 0212-0410.
- Bernat Castany. Prado. Medicina y dogmatismo en Neguijón de Fernando Iwasaki. Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua. 53. 2012-06-01. 0567-6002. 2708-2644.
- Carmen. Tisnado. La España de Fernando Iwasaki, setenta años después de la España de César Vallejo. Arboles y Rizomas. 24–34. 2019-01-23. 0719-9805. 10.35588/ayr.v1i1.3675.
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