Carlos Oriel Wynter Melo (born 1971) is a

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writer. He was born in

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, to an

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father and an

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mother. His paternal grandparents came from

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at the time of the construction of the

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, while his maternal grandparents were of

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origin. He trained as an

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at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente in Guadalajara, Mexico and has since taught at a number of Panamanian universities. Among his books are ''Ojos para ver una invasión'' (2015), ''Mujeres que desaparecen'' (2016), and ''El escapista y otras reapariciones'' (2007). His work has been translated in German, English and Portuguese. In 2007, he was named in the Bogota39 list of the promising young writers in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Melo, Carlos Wynter 1971 births Living people Panamanian writers