Francisco Massiani
| Francisco Massiani | |
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| Born |
2 April 1944 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Occupation | writer, painter. |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Notable works | Piedra de mar (1968) |
| Notable awards | National Prize for Literature (2012) |
Francisco Massiani (Caracas, 2 April 1944) is Venezuelan a writer and painter. His first novel, Piedra de mar has been a bestseller since its publication. It's a Bildungsroman of a middle class teenager in Caracas.[1] Massiani, has won the Municipal Prize of Prose in 1998, and in 2005, the V annual contest of the Fundación para la Cultura Urbana (Foundation for the Urban Culture), for the storybook Florencio y los pajaritos de Angelina, su mujer. In 2006, he published his first book of poetry.[2] In 2012 won the National Prize for Literature, as a recognition to his entire work.
List of works
- Novel
- Piedra de mar (1968)
- Los tres mandamientos de Misterdoc Fonegal (1976)
- Short Story
- Fiesta de campo/Renate o la vida siempre como en un comienzo (1965; published in 2008)
- Las primeras hojas de la noche (1970)
- El llanero solitario tiene la cabeza pelada como un cepillo de dientes (1975)
- Relatos (1990)
- Con agua en la piel (1998)
- Florencio y los pajaritos de Angelina, su mujer (2006)
- Poetry
- 2006 Antología
- 2007 Señor de la ternura
- 2011 Corsarios
- Anthologies
- 16 cuentos latinoamericanos : antología para jóvenes, Coedición Latinoamericana, 1992, ISBN 978-968-494-064-2
References
External links
- (Spanish) Fragment Piedra de mar
- (Spanish) "Un regalo para Julia", from Relatos
- (Spanish) En la palabra de Pancho – Interview to Francisco Massiani in Lo afirmativo venezolano
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