Luis Carlos Barragán Castro (born 1 September 1988) is a

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n writer and illustrator specialized in

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Life and career

Luis Carlos Barragán was born on 1 September 1988 in

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, Colombia. He got his

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at the

National University of Colombia The National University of Colombia () is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, ...

in 2011. In the same year, his debut novel ''Vagabunda Bogotá'' was published, winning multiple awards, and nominated as a finalist for the

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in 2013. He got his

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Arabic Studies Arab studies or Arabic studies is an academic discipline centered on the study of Arabs and Arab World. It consists of several disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, linguistics, historiography, archaeology, cultural studies, economics, geog ...

at the

American University in Cairo The American University in Cairo (AUC; ) is a private research university in New Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, along with a continuing education program. ...

in 2018 with his thesis "''Tropical Mudejar: Mosque-type chapels in Mexico and their role in early Spanish America''" which has won the George T. Scanlon Graduate Student Award in Arab and Islamic Civilizations Department, a merit-based award to recognize a distinguished MA thesis produced by an ARIC student in that given academic year. In the same year, his second novel ''El Gusano'' was published, also winning multiple awards. He has published and contributed numerous short stories and artworks in various sci-fi magazines across the

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. In 2021, his first short story collection ''Parásitos Perfectos'' and third novel ''Tierra Contrafuturo'' were published. He was a background painter for the 2022

animation film Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

'' The Other Shape'' and the

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of the

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experience "''Codice Futuro''" which premiered in 2024.

Style and themes

Luis Carlos Barragán is known for using

, New Weird,

body horror Body horror, or biological horror, is a subgenre of horror fiction that intentionally showcases grotesque or psychologically disturbing violations of the human body or of another creature. These violations may manifest through aberrant sex, mutat ...

and

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in his novels and stories, and for uniting these themes with Colombian reality.

Bibliography

Novels

* Vagabunda Bogotá (2011) * El Gusano (2018) * Tierra Contrafuturo (2021)

Short story collection

* Parásitos Perfectos (2021)

References

External links

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