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Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-

LC control no.no2001088845
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPQ8180.32.A797
Personal name headingVásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-
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Birth date1973
Place of birthBogotá (Colombia)
Found inLos amantes de Todos los Santos, c2001: t.p. (Juan Gabriel Vásquez) flap (b. 1973 in Bogotá; writes fiction, film criticism; has lived in Paris and Belgium; now lives in Barcelona)
Wikipedia, June 20, 2014 (Juan Gabriel Vásquez; born in Bogotá in 1973; writer. Vasquez studied Law in his native city, at the University of Rosario in Bogotá, and after graduating left for París where at the Sorbonne, he received a doctorate in Latin American Literature. Later he moved to Barcelona, where he resided until 2012. Today he lives in Bogotá. Vásquez won the 2014 International Dublin Literary Award, for The Sound of Things Falling (El ruido de las cosas al caer); he was the first South American writer to emerge victorious from the contest in its history)
Associated languagespa