| Fernando Sorrentino | |
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My name is
Fernando Sorrentino. I'm writing this in the first person
to emphasize the truth of these statements. I was born in
Buenos Aires on November 8, 1942. According to some thoroughly credible testimonials, my stories are distinguished by a curious mixture of imagination and humor that sometimes takes a grotesque turn but always stays plausible. I prefer reading to writing and actually do not write all that much. Considering that I have been writing for thirty-two years, my bibliography is fairly short. The fiction I have written comprises six short story collections (La regresión zoológica, 1969; Imperios y servidumbres, 1972; El mejor de los mundos posibles, 1976; En defensa propia, 1982; El remedio para el rey ciego, 1984; El rigor de las desdichas, 1994), a long narrative (Costumbres de los muertos, 1996) and a short novel (Sanitarios centenarios, 1979). My books for children and young adults more or less have the same characteristics at a different level: Cuentos del Mentiroso, 1978; El Mentiroso entre guapos y compadritos, 1994; La recompensa del príncipe, 1995; Historias de María Sapa y Fortunato, 1995; El Mentiroso contra las Avispas Imperiales, 1994; La venganza del muerto, 1997; El que se enoja, pierde, 1999; Aventuras del capitán Bancalari, 1999; Cuentos de don Jorge Sahlame, 2001; El Viejo que Todo lo Sabe, 2001. I am also the author of two books of interviews: Siete conversaciones con Jorge Luis Borges, 1974; Siete conversaciones con Adolfo Bioy Casares, 1992. Some of my stories have been included in anthologies in Spanish, English and other languages. As far as I know, I have been translated into English, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian, Chinese, Vietnamese and Tamil. I write essays on Argentinian literature which normally appear in the daily La Nación (Buenos Aires). Much like other writers, I have won some literary awards. Altogether I am relatively happy. Short story: There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella |
