Valentín Trujillo is an

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writer. He was born in Maldonado in 1979. He studied cinema at the Cinemateca Uruguaya and journalism at the Universidad Católica. In 2005, he started working as a journalist for '' El Observador'' newspaper in

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. 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

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. In 2017, Trujillo was named as one of the Bogota39, a list of the promising young writers in

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Works

* 2007, ''Jaula de costillas'' * 2013, ''Entre jíbaros'' * 2017, ''Real de Azúa. Una biografía intelectual'' * 2017, ''¡Cómanse la ropa!''

References

1979 births Living people People from Maldonado, Uruguay Catholic University of Uruguay alumni Uruguayan journalists category:Uruguayan male writers {{Uruguay-writer-stub