Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (born 1981) is a

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writer from

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. He completed his doctorate in literature and linguistics from Paris XIII University with a dissertation on the work of his literary mentor, Venezuelan writer Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez. He has published several collections of stories, among them ''Una larga fila de hombres'', ''Los Invencibles'', ''Las rayas'' and ''Los terneros''. He has also published a novel titled ''The Night''. A translation of his short story 'Payaso' (Clown) appears in the anthology ''Crude Words: Contemporary Writing from Venezuela'' (Ragpicker Press, 2016). In 2007, he was named as one of the Bogota39, a list of the best young writers in Latin America. In 2013, he participated in the International Writing Program at the

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. He currently lives in

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Awards

* 2019 – Premio Bienal de Novela Mario Vargas Llosa for ''The Night'' * 2018 – Premio de la Crítica 2016-2017 for ''The Night'' * 2017 – Finalista del V Premio Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero for ''Los terneros'' * 2016 – Premio Rive Gauche à Paris du Livre Étranger for ''The Night'' * 2007 – LXI Concurso Anual de Cuentos del diario El Nacional for the story "Los golpes de la vida" * 2005 – Premio en el concurso de autores inéditos de la editorial Monte Ávila for ''Una fila de hombres''. Monte Ávila is a public publishing house dependent of the National Ministry of Culture of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blanco Calderon, Rodrigo 1981 births Living people Venezuelan male short story writers Venezuelan short story writers 21st-century Venezuelan novelists Venezuelan male novelists 21st-century Venezuelan male writers Writers from Caracas University of Paris alumni Venezuelan expatriates in France