Fabio Morábito (born February 21, 1955, in

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) is a Mexican writer and poet. Born in Egypt to Italian parents, he spent his childhood in

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. Since the age of 14 he has lived in

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where he has written four books of poetry in Spanish, including '' Lotes baldíos'' (which won the 1995 'Carlos Pellicer Prize'), '' De lunes todo el año'' (which won the 'Aguascalientes National Prize for Poetry' in 1991) and '' Alguien de lava'' (2011); two books of

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, ''Caja de herramientas'' (1989) and "El idioma materno" (2014); three collections of short stories, ''La lenta furia'' (1989), ''La vida ordenada'' (2000) and ''Grieta de fatiga'' (which won the 'Antonin Artaud Prize' in 2006); and two books of essays, ''El viaje y la enfermedad'' (1984) and ''Los pastores sin ovejas'' (1996). He has also written a children's book, ''Cuando las panteras no eran negras'', which won the 'White Raven Prize' in 1997. He has compiled and retold a book of 125 oral Mexican short stories, "Cuentos populares mexicanos" (2014), which won the 'White Raven Prize' in 2015. His novel ''El lector a domicilio'' (2018) was awarded the

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and was translated into English in 2021. He has translated from his mother tongue, Italian, numerous stories, poems, essays and children's books. In 1998, he took part in a DAAD artists programme in

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. He wrote the story series '' También Berlín se olvida'' about this experience. In 2005 Galaxia Gutenberg published his translation of the complete poetry of

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References

Bibliography

* Sarah Pollack and Tamara R. Williams (compilors), "Los oficios del nómada: Fabio Morábito ante la crítica" (2015) * * * * * (book review)

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* 1955 births Living people 20th-century Mexican poets Mexican male poets Italian emigrants to Mexico 21st-century Mexican poets 20th-century Mexican male writers 21st-century Mexican male writers Writers from Alexandria Writers from Milan Writers from Mexico City Xavier Villaurrutia Award winners {{mexico-writer-stub