Rodrigo Fuentes (born 1984) is a

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

n writer. An award-winning writer of short stories, he is best known for his collection ''Trucha panza arriba'', which was shortlisted for the 2018 Premio Hispanoamericano de Cuento Gabriel García Márquez. The book has been translated into English by Ellen Jones under the title ''Trout, Belly Up''. Fuentes has run literary journals such as '' Suelta'' and '' Traviesa''. He teaches at the

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in the United States, and splits his time between the US and Guatemala.

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