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Carlos Gardini
Writer

Carlos Gardini

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Writing Argentine science fiction and translating English-language literature into Spanish.

Mi cerebro animal · Cuentos de Vendavalia

Born
26 August 1948
Birthplace
Buenos Aires
Died
1 March 2017

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Carlos Gardini

Carlos Gardini was an Argentine writer and translator whose speculative fiction combined imagined worlds with political and philosophical questions.

Early life

Studies

Attended the University of Buenos Aires.

Career

  1. 1982

    Breakthrough story

    Primera línea won the Círculo de Lectores prize.

  2. 1986

    International exchange

    Joined the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program on a Fulbright scholarship.

  3. 1996

    UPC prize

    Won for Los ojos de un dios en celo.

Selected work

Mi cerebro animal

A collection of speculative stories.

Cuentos de Vendavalia

A work of fantasy fiction.

Beyond work

Translation

Translated writers including Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut and William Shakespeare into Spanish.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

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