Guillermo Martínez
Guillermo Martínez (born 29 July 1962) is an Argentine novelist and short story writer. He gained a PhD in mathematical logic at the University of Buenos Aires. After his degree in Argentina, he worked for two years in a postdoctoral position at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford.
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- Name
- Guillermo Martínez
- Born
- 29 July 1962
- Birthplace
- Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Occupation
- * Author
- Education
- University of Buenos Aires
- Awards
- Planeta Prize (2003)
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Known for
- The Oxford Murders
- Honours
- Premio Nadal
- Languages
- Spanish
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Guillermo Martínez (born 29 July 1962) is an Argentine novelist and short story writer. He gained a PhD in mathematical logic at the University of Buenos Aires. After his degree in Argentina, he worked for two years in a postdoctoral position at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford.
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Guillermo Martínez (born 1962) is a journalist, mathematician and screenwriter, among other activities, of Argentine nationality. The journalist was born in Bahía Blanca.
Guillermo Martínez was educated at Universidad Nacional del Sur and University of Buenos Aires. The journalist worked for University of Oxford.
Among the works is The Oxford Murders. Languages used include Spanish. Honours include Premio Nadal.
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His most successful novel has been Crímenes Imperceptibles (Imperceptible Crimes), known in English as The Oxford Murders, written in 2003. In the same year, he was awarded the Planeta Prize for this novel, which has been translated into a number of languages. The book has appeared as a film in 2008, directed by Alex de la Iglesia, and starring John Hurt, Elijah Wood, Leonor Watling and Julie Cox.
Guillermo Martínez studied at University of Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional del Sur. The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with University of Oxford. Works named in the authority record are The Oxford Murders. Distinctions recorded are Premio Nadal.
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• Name — Guillermo Martínez • Born — 29 July 1962 • Birthplace — Bahía Blanca, Argentina • Occupation — * Author • mathematician • Education — University of Buenos Aires • Genre — Crime fiction – novels and short stories • Notable Works — * The Oxford Murders (2003) • The Book of Murder (2007) • Awards — Planeta Prize (2003)
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1962
Guillermo Martínez born at Bahía Blanca.
1998
Biografías, estudios / Joaquín García Icazbalceta; introducción de Manuel Guillermo Martínez., dated 1998, held by Wellcome Collection.
2009
Guillermo Martínez Y Guillermo Piñeiro, Kurt Godel Para Todos ( 2009) (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2009
Guillermo Martínez Y Guillermo Piñeiro, Kurt Godel Para Todos ( 2009) digitised by Internet Archive.
Books
• Vast Hell (Infierno grande, 1989) — short stories • Regarding Roderer (Acerca de Roderer, 1993) — novel • The Woman of the Master (La mujer del maestro, 1998) — novel • Borges and Mathematics (Borges y las matemáticas, 2003) — essays • The Oxford Murders (Crímenes imperceptibles, 2003) — novel • The Immortality Formula (La fórmula de la inmortalidad, 2005) — essays • The Book of Murder (La Muerte Lenta de Luciana B, 2007) — novel • Gödel (para todos), 2009 — essay • Lalu la luco, 2016 — novel • The Oxford Brotherhood (Little, Brown, 2021) — novel
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- 1.Publishers Weekly. Books by Guillermo Martinez and Complete Book Reviews.
- 2.Hachette. Guillermo Martínez. 29 January 2019.
- 3.Agencia Literaria Carem Balcells. Guillermo Martínez.
- 4.Natalia Blanc. Guillermo Martínez, ganador del primer Premio de Cuento Gabriel García Márquez. La Nación. 22 November 2014.
- 5.Argentino Guillermo Martínez gana el Planeta latinoamericano. La Nación. 4 November 2003.
- 6.Turner Broadcasting System. The Oxford Murders. Turner Classic Movies.
- 7.Publishers Weekly. Regarding Roderer.
- 8.du Sautoy, Marcus. Murder by numbers. The Guardian. 5 February 2005.
- 9.Stickland, Andrew. The Oxford Murders. 1 March 2005.
- 10.Robshaw, Brandon. The Book of Murder, By Guillermo Martinez trs Sonia Soto. The Independent. 18 May 2008.
- 11.Publishers Weekly. The Book of Murder.
- 12.The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martínez. The Complete Review.
- 13.Publishers Weekly. The Oxford Brotherhood.
- 14.Simon and Schuster. The Oxford Brotherhood – A Novel By Guillermo Martínez. 5 April 2022. 9781643138770.
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Guillermo Martínez is recorded as mathematician, journalist, writer and screenwriter. Hegel en América Latina: tres estudios. Heraldos Editores, 2023, 379 pp. Tesis (Lima), 2023, Wikimedia Foundation.
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