Francisco Massiani (2 April 1944 – 1 April 2019) was a Venezuelan 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.[2][3] Massiani, 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.[4] In 2012 he won the National Prize for Literature, as a recognition to his entire body of work.
Francisco Massiani | |
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| Born | 2 April 1944 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Died | 1 April 2019 (aged 74)[1] Caracas, Venezuela |
| Occupation | writer, painter |
| Notable works | Piedra de mar (1968) |
| Notable awards | National Prize for Literature (2012) |
List of works
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Novelist and short story writer Francisco Massiani dies". El Universal. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Unofficial biography of Francisco Massiani. Francisco Massiani life and work. Francisco Massiani contributions and web resources". Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "Fallece el escritor venezolano Francisco Massiani". 1 April 2019.
- ^ "R.E. Lectura - Massiani, Francisco". Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Fragment Piedra de mar
- (in Spanish) "Un regalo para Julia", from Relatos
- (in Spanish) En la palabra de Pancho – Interview to Francisco Massiani in Lo afirmativo venezolano
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