Carlos Labbé
Carlos is a world-renowned author who has been recognized for his groundbreaking, timeless and addictive writing.
Born in Santiago de Chile in 1977, he is the author of the hypernovel Pentagonal: incluidos tú y yo (2001), as well as the novels Libro de plumas (2004), Navidad y Matanza (2007, which has been translated into English and German), Locuela (2009, translated into English and Turkish), Piezas secretas contra el mundo (2014), La parvá (2015), Coreografías espirituales (2017, translated into English) and Viaje a Partagua (2021), as well as the short fiction collections Caracteres blancos (2010) y Cortas las pesadillas con alebrijes (2017) and the essay Por una pluralidad literaria chilena: el colectivo Juan Emar (1923-hoy).
He is a former member of the musical bands Ex Fiesta and Tornasólidos, and has released the following solo albums: Doce canciones para Eleodora (2007), Monicacofonía (2008), Mi nuevo órgano (2011), Repeticiones para romper el cerco (2013) and Ofri Afro (2018). He is also the co-author of two feature films: Malta con huevo (2007) and El nombre (2016). He earned a B.A. and a M.A. in Literature and is a critic, editor and translator, as well as a member of Sangría, a Chile-New York writers collective. In 2010, Grant listed him as one of 22 emerging Spanish language writers under the age of 35.
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