Fernando Sorrentino

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Fernando Sorrentino

Fernando Sorrentino (born November 8, 1942) is an Argentine writer. His works have been translated into English, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tamil, Kannada, Persian and Kabyle.

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Sorrentino was born in Buenos Aires. [1] In 2006 Fernando Sorrentino published a collection of short stories entitled: "Per colpa del dottor Moreau ed altri racconti fantastici". The collection includes all his short stories translated in Italian and is published by Progetto Babele literary magazine. The same literary magazine published a new collection in 2013: "Per difendersi dagli scorpioni ed altri racconti insoliti".

Short stories

Children and teenagers' literature

Longer works

Nonfiction (Interviews & essays)

Anthologies

Translations (Fiction)

Translations (Interviews)

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References

  1. Clark M. Zlotchew (1995). Voices of the River Plate: Interviews with Writers of Argentina and Uruguay. Borgo Press. p. 67. ISBN   978-0-89370-317-2.