Mario Bencastro (born 1949) is a

Salvadoran Salvadorans (Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvado ...

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

and

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

who has also written both plays and short stories that have been published in Spanish and English. Mario Bencastro was born in

Ahuachapán Ahuachapán () is a city, and municipality, and the capital of the Ahuachapán Department in western El Salvador. The municipality, including the city, covers an area of 244.84 km² and as of 2007 has a population of 110,511 people. Situat ...

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. For over 20 years he resided in Northern Virginia, United States near Washington DC, but in recent years he has moved to Port Saint Lucie, Florida. His works primarily concern the

Salvadoran Civil War The Salvadoran Civil War ( es, guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve year period of civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition or ...

and its aftermath, including the

Salvadoran Diaspora Salvadorans ( Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvad ...

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Novels * ''El árbol de la vida'', (1983) * ''Disparo en la catedral'', (1989) * ''Odisea del norte'', (1998) Drama * ''Crossroads'' (1988)

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Mario Bencastro recorded for the literary archive in the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress on July 19, 1999.

Website Mario Bencastro

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Consuelo Hernández Consuelo Hernández (born 1952) is a Colombian American poet, scholar, literary critic and associate professor of Latin American studies at American University since 1995. She has received an "Antonio Machado" Award for the poem "Polifonía so ...

. "El inmigrante como sujeto polidimensional en ''Viaje a la tierra del abuelo"''. ''MACLAS. Latin American Essays'' 2011. MACLAS James Street Prize 2011. *

. ""El cronista de la guerra civil y la diáspora salvadoreña. Entrevista con Mario Bencastro." ''Antípodas XXI. Journal of Hispanic and Galician Studies''. Australia, 2010. 1949 births Living people Salvadoran emigrants to the United States 20th-century Salvadoran painters 21st-century Salvadoran painters Salvadoran novelists People from Ahuachapán Salvadoran dramatists and playwrights Male novelists Salvadoran short story writers Male short story writers Male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century novelists 20th-century dramatists and playwrights Salvadoran male writers 20th-century short story writers 20th-century male writers 20th-century Salvadoran writers {{ElSalvador-writer-stub