Valentín Trujillo is an
Uruguayan
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
writer. He was born in
Maldonado in 1979. He studied cinema at the
Cinemateca Uruguaya
Cinemateca Uruguaya (''Uruguayan Cinematheque'') is a non-profit cinematheque in Montevideo, Uruguay, established in 1952, that aims to support the cultural development of cinema, and of art in general. Since its inception, it has belonged to the ...
and journalism at the
Universidad Católica. In 2005, he started working as a journalist for ''
El Observador'' newspaper in
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
. In 2007, he won the
Premio Nacional de Narrativa Juan José Morosoli for his book of short stories ''Jaula de costillas''. He contributed a story in an anthology titled ''Sobrenatural'', published in 2012 by
Estuario Editora. His second book of stories is titled ''Entre los jíbaros''. He has also published a biography of the Uruguayan scholar
Carlos Real de Azúa
Carlos Real de Azúa (March 15, 1916 – July 16, 1977) was a Uruguayan lawyer, professor, essayist, sociologist and historian.
Biography
Real de Azúa Real was born into an old Uruguayan family, the first Real de Azúa having arrived at the Rí ...
.
In 2017, Trujillo was named as one of the
Bogota39, a list of the promising young writers in
Latin America
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.
Works
* 2007, ''Jaula de costillas''
* 2013, ''Entre jíbaros''
* 2017, ''Real de Azúa. Una biografía intelectual''
* 2017, ''¡Cómanse la ropa!''
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References
1979 births
Living people
People from Maldonado, Uruguay
Catholic University of Uruguay alumni
Uruguayan journalists
category:Uruguayan male writers
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