Leopoldo Brizuela
Leopoldo Brizuela (June 8, 1963 – May 14, 2019) was an Argentine journalist, writer, and translator. He was born in La Plata in 1963. Brizuela received multiple literary awards, including the 2012 Premio Alfaguara for his novel Una misma noche.
Leopoldo Brizuela
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- Born
- 1963 · La Plata.
- Died
- 2019 · Buenos Aires.
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Occupation
- writer · journalist · translator · musician
- Education
- International Writing Program
- Honours
- Alfaguara Prize · Konex Award · Premio Clarín de Novela
- Languages
- Spanish
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Leopoldo Brizuela (June 8, 1963 – May 14, 2019) was an Argentine journalist, writer, and translator. He was born in La Plata in 1963. Brizuela received multiple literary awards, including the 2012 Premio Alfaguara for his novel Una misma noche.
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Personal life and death
Personal life and death
He was openly gay. Leopoldo Brizuela died as a result of a long illness at the age of 55 on May 14, 2019.
Works
Works
• 1985 – Tejiendo agua, novela, Emecé, Buenos Aires • 1987 – Cantoras, reportajes a Gerónima Sequeida y Leda Valladares; Torres Agüero Editor, Buenos Aires • 1992 – Cantar la vida, conversaciones con las cantantes Mercedes Sosa, Aimé Paine, Teresa Parodi, Leda Valladares y Gerónima Sequeida; El Ateneo, Buenos Aires • 1995 – Fado, poemas, La Marca, Buenos Aires • 1999 – Inglaterra. Una fábula, novela, Alfaguara • 2001 – El placer de la cautiva, nouvelle • 2002 – Los que llegamos más lejos, relatos, Alfaguara, Buenos Aires • 2010 – Lisboa. Un melodrama, novela, Alianza • 2012 – Una misma noche, novela, Alfaguara
Life and career
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Life and career
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The full dated record · 12 entries
1963
Leopoldo Brizuela born at La Plata.
1986
Tejiendo agua is dated 1986.
1987
Cantoras is dated 1987.
1992
Cantar la vida is dated 1992.
1999
Cantar La Vida (Colección Historias de Vida) is dated 1999.
1999
Inglaterra is dated 1999.
2000
El placer de la cautiva is dated 2000.
2000
Instrucciones Secretas is dated 2000.
2000
Historia de Un Deseo is dated 2000.
2003
Los que llegamos más lejos is dated 2003.
2004
Cuentos En Secreto is dated 2004.
2019
Leopoldo Brizuela died at Buenos Aires.
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La Plata.
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Buenos Aires.
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Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Leopoldo Brizuela (La Plata, Argentina, 1963), Nuevo Texto Crítico, 2008
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2008
- Leopoldo Brizuela, Las voces bárbaras. La Plata, Ediciones Bonaerenses, 2024, Rescates, 130 páginas, Orbis Tertius, 2025
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2025
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1819953: Leopoldo Brizuela
Reputable secondary · Wikidata
- “Leopoldo Brizuela”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- VIAF cluster 44529898 for Leopoldo Brizuela, aggregating national library name authorities.
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Prizes
• Premio Fortabat de Novela 1985 por Tejiendo agua • Primer Premio Edelap de Cuento 1996 • Premio Clarín de Novela 1999 por Inglaterra. Una fábula • Premio Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires para el bienio 1999–2000 por la novela Inglaterra. Una fábula (2001) • Beca de la Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian de Lisboa (2001) • Beca de la Fundación Antorchas (2002) • Beca del Banff Center for the Arts (Canadá, 2002) • Premio Konex 2004, Diploma al Mérito en la categoría Cuento: quinquenio 1999-20037 • Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2012 por Una misma noche
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- 1.Murió el escritor Leopoldo Brizuela: creador de una obra ambientada en los arrabales de la historia.
- 2.Leopoldo Brizuela, el gran archivo de una vida.
- 3.Murió el escritor argentino Leopoldo Brizuela.
- 4.Adiós a Leopoldo Brizuela: las anécdotas, los recuerdos y el cariño de quienes lo conocieron.
- 5.LAVOZ.com.ar Historias del fin del mundo.
- 6.Diario El Dia de La Plata www.eldia.com.
- 7.Cultura. Falleció el reconocido escritor Leopoldo Brizuela.
- 8.Audiovideoteca - Leopoldo Brizuela Biografía.
- 9.Audiovideoteca - Leopoldo Brizuela Bibliografía.
- 10.Leopoldo Brizuela (1963-2019).
- 11.Página/12 :: soy.
- 12.Radar libros - Página/12 - Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA.
- 13.Página/12 :: libros.
- 14.Brizuela, premio Alfaguara 2012.
- 15.Exorcismo literario de la dictadura. 1134-6582.
- 16.Leopoldo Brizuela: "Las obras literarias y los escritores están menospreciados".
- 17.Leopoldo Brizuela: “Esta novela es una metáfora sobre la imposibilidad de ver la realidad”.
- 18.Murió el escritor y periodista Leopoldo Brizuela.
- 19.Publican textos inéditos de Leopoldo Brizuela "Diario del abandono", lanzado por Bosque Energético.
- 20.Leopoldo Brizuela: exigencia, impiedad y desamparo.
- 21.Página/12 :: soy.
- 22.La tristeza de un escritor por su biblioteca bajo agua: "No quise revisar, me duele demasiado".
- 23.Brizuela en la Fundación Konex; acceso 28.03.2012
- 24.El escritor argentino Leopoldo Brizuela, Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2012, nota de la agencia Europa Press publicada en El Economista, 26.03.2012; acceso 28.03.2012
- 25.Premios Konex 2014, Letras , Fundación Konex, 2014; acceso 05.01.2015
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Leopoldo Brizuela, Las voces bárbaras. La Plata, Ediciones Bonaerenses, 2024, Rescates, 130 páginas, Orbis Tertius, 2025Crossref registry
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