Salvador Garmendia Graterón
Salvador Garmendia Graterón (11 June 1928, Barquisimeto – 13 May 2001, Caracas) was a notable Venezuelan author, awarded in 1972 with the National Prize for Literature. In 1989, he received the Juan Rulfo Prize for Tan desnuda como una piedra.
Also recorded as Salvador Garmedia
Salvador Garmendia Graterón
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- Name
- Salvador Garmendia
- Birth Name
- Salvador Garmendia Graterón
- Born
- 11 June 1928
- Birthplace
- Barquisimeto, Lara state, Venezuela
- Died
- 13 May 2001
- Place of death
- Caracas
- Occupation
- novelist, writer
- Nationality
- Venezuela
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship · National Prize for Literature of Venezuela · Juan Rulfo Prize
- Languages
- Spanish
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Salvador Garmendia Graterón (11 June 1928, Barquisimeto – 13 May 2001, Caracas) was a notable Venezuelan author, awarded in 1972 with the National Prize for Literature. In 1989, he received the Juan Rulfo Prize for Tan desnuda como una piedra.
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• Name — Salvador Garmendia • Birth Name — Salvador Garmendia Graterón • Born — 11 June 1928 • Birthplace — Barquisimeto, Lara state, Venezuela • Died — 13 May 2001 • Place of death — Caracas • Occupation — novelist, writer • Notable Works — Los Pequeños Seres
Novels
Novels
• Los pequeños seres (1958) • Los habitantes (1961) • Día de ceniza (1963) • La mala vida (1968) • Los pies de barro (1972) • Memorias de Altagracia (1974); translated to English by Jeremy Munday in 1996 • El capitán Kid (1988)
Novellas
Novellas
• El parque (1946)
Non-fiction
Non-fiction
• La novela en Venezuela (1966) • Crónicas Sádicas (1991) • La vida buena (1995) • Anotaciones en cuaderno negro (2003) • El gran miedo, Vida(s) y escritura(s) (2004)
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Barquisimeto.
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Books for children
• Galileo en su reino (1994) • El cuento más viejo del mundo (1997) • Un pingüino en Maracaibo (1998) • El sapo y los cocuyos (1998) • El turpial que vivió dos veces (2000) • Mi familia de trapo (2002) • La viuda que se quedó tiesa (2004)
Salvador Garmendia a mediados de la década de los sesenta.
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Short story collections
• Cuentos cómicos (1991) • Doble fondo (1966) • Difuntos, extraños y volátiles (1970) • Los escondites (1972) • El inquieto Anacobero y otros cuentos (1976) • El brujo hípico y otros relatos (1979) • Emmiendas y atropellos (1979) • El único lugar possible (1981) • Hace mal tiempo afuera (1986) • La casa del tiempo (1986) • La gata y la señora (1991) • La media espada de Amadís (1998) • No es el espejo (2002) • El regreso (2004) • El inquieto Anacobero y otros relatos (2004) • Entre tías y putas (2008)
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