Washington Cucurto

Santiago Vega (born in 1973 in Quilmes, Provincia de Buenos Aires), better known as Washington Cucurto, is an Argentinian writer of fiction, prose and poetry.[1] He is the self-proclaimed creator of realismo atolondrado ('headlong realism').[2] His writing shares tendencies of American authors like Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs and Henry Miller. Because of his subject matter and style, he is a cult author, especially among young readers. His work deals with negritude, poverty, homosexuality, and other fringe cultures. In 2002 he founded Eloísa Cartonera, an extremely successful non-profit publishing house specializing in handmade and affordable books from recycled materials.[3]

Works
  • Zelarayán, 1996, (poetry)
  • La máquina de hacer paraguayitos, 1999, (poetry)
  • Veinte pungas contra un pasajero, 2003, (poetry)
  • Hatuchay, 2005, (poetry)
  • Como un paraguayo ebrio y celoso de su hermana, 2005, (poetry)
  • Upepeté. Noticias del Paraguay, poetry, (2009)
  • El tractor, poetry, (2009)
  • Poeta en Nueva York, poetry, (2010)
  • Macanas, poetry, (2009, with pseudonym Humberto Anachuri)
  • El Hombre polar regresa a Stuttgart, poetry, (2010)
  • Cosa de negros, novella (2003),
  • Noches vacías, cumbiela (2003)
  • Panambí, cumbiela (2003),
  • Fer, cumbiela (2004),
  • La luna en tus manos, story (2004),
  • Las aventuras del Sr. Maíz, story (2005),
  • Hasta quitarle Panamá a los yanquis, novel (2005),
  • El amor es mucho más que una novela de 500 páginas, novella (2008)
  • El curandero del amor, novella (2006),
  • 1810. La revolución vivida por los negros, historical novel (2008),
  • Idalina, historia de una mujer sudamericana, novella (2009),
  • El Rey de la cumbia contra los fucking Estados Unidos de América, story (2010),
  • Pulgas y cucarachas, story (2010)
  • Sexibondi, novella (2011)

Translations

Translations exist in English, German, French and (Brazilian) Portuguese:

  • Some Dollars (Collection), by Jordan Lee Schnee
  • Die Maschine die kleine Paraguayerinnen macht, by Timo Berger
  • Schuhe aus Leinen, by Timo Berger
  • Coisas de Negros
  • Zelarayán, by Geneviève Orssaud

References
  1. "Autores: Curcurto" (in Spanish). Interzona Editora. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  2. http://www.letralia.com/185/entrevistas02.htm
  3. http://wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/washington-cucurto
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