Jose Adiak Montoya is a
Nicaraguan
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writer. He was born in
Managua
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in 1987.
He is the author of several books, among them:
* Eclipse: prosa & poesía (2007)
* El sótano del angel (novel, 2010)
* Un rojo aullido en el bosque (2016)
* Lennon bajo el sol (Tusquets, 2017)
* Aunque nada perdure (Seix Barral, 2020)
* El país de las calles sin nombre (Seix Barral, 2021)
He has won several awards for his work. In 2016, he was recognized by the
Guadalajara International Book Fair
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in its Ochenteros program, a selection of twenty of the best Latin American writers born in the 1980s. In a similar vein, ''
Granta'' magazine named him as one of the best young writers in the Spanish language in 2021.
He lives in
Mexico City
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References
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Nicaraguan writers
1987 births
Living people
People from Managua
Writers from Mexico City