Javier Vásconez
ハビエル・バスコネス
Javier Vásconez
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946 （Quito）
- Nationality
- Ecuador
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Quito
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, editor
- Active Years
- 1982-2024
- Nominations
- Casa de las Américas Prize Finalist (Ciudad lejana), Rómulo Gallegos Prize Finalist (La sombra del apostador, 2001), Rómulo Gallegos Prize Nominated (La piel del miedo)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Premio Eugenio Espejo | — | literature | Government of Ecuador | winner |
| 1990 | Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize | El hombre de la mirada oblicua | fiction | Ecuador | winner |
Premio Eugenio Espejo
2022
Category:
literature
Organization:
Government of Ecuador
Result:
winner
Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize
1990
Work:
El hombre de la mirada oblicua
Category:
fiction
Organization:
Ecuador
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
El secreto
1996 NovelEl viajero de Praga
1996 NovelLa sombra del apostador
1999 NovelEl retorno de las moscas
2005 NovelLa piel del miedo
2010 NovelCiudad lejana
1982 Short story collectionEl hombre de la mirada oblicua
1989 Short story collectionBibliography
- El secreto
- El viajero de Praga
- La sombra del apostador
- El retorno de las moscas
- Jardín Capelo
- La piel del miedo
- La otra muerte del doctor
- Ciudad lejana
- El hombre de la mirada oblicua
- Un extraño en el puerto
- Invitados de honor
- El secreto y otros cuentos
- Estación de lluvia
- Café Concert
- Thecla Teresina
- Angelote, amor mío
Translations of Works
- Translated into English, French, German, Hebrew, Bulgarian, Greek
Legacy
Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, and editor. His stories have been translated into multiple languages, and he received the Premio Eugenio Espejo in literature in 2022.