{"id":7630,"date":"2013-02-07T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/?p=7630"},"modified":"2014-01-24T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T12:33:50","slug":"autor-del-mes-author-of-the-month-rafael-gumucio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/autor-del-mes-author-of-the-month-rafael-gumucio\/","title":{"rendered":"Autor del mes | Author of the Month: Rafael Gumucio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNuestro autor del mes de febrero es el chileno Rafael Gumucio (Santiago, 15 de enero de 1970) que recientemente nos visit\u00f3 durante el Festival ISLA.<\/p>\n

Es hijo del historiador Rafael Luis Gumucio y nieto del pol\u00edtico de izquierda Rafael Agust\u00edn Gumucio. Curs\u00f3 sus estudios en Literatura en la Universidad de Chile y tras el golpe militar de 1973 se vio obligado a exiliarse en Francia donde residi\u00f3 varios a\u00f1os antes de poder regresar a Chile. Posteriormente tambi\u00e9n vivi\u00f3 en Espa\u00f1a donde permaneci\u00f3 hasta el 2004.<\/p>\n

En 1999 public\u00f3 Memorias prematuras un libro donde el escritor narra su vida; el exilio con su familia en Francia, su regreso a Chile, su fracaso con las mujeres, sus inicios en el periodismo y la vida universitaria. Para muchos es lo mejor de su producci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Es autor entre otras obras de Monstruos cardinales (2002), Comedia nupcial (2002), P\u00e1ginas coloniales (2006) etc. Destacan especialmente Los platos rotos (2004), un ensayo hist\u00f3rico que une cuento, teatro, novela y narrativa y repasa la historia de Chile y tambi\u00e9n La deuda (2009), novela inspirada en el caso del contador de las estrellas, un estafador que enga\u00f1\u00f3 a artistas y animadores.<\/p>\n

Ha escrito para publicaciones tan prestigiosas como La Naci\u00f3n, El Mercurio, La Tercera, El Metropolitano, Las \u00daltimas Noticias, El Pa\u00eds, ABC y el New York Times, as\u00ed como en las revistas Apsi, Rock &amp; Pop, Fibra, de la que fue creador y editor general, The Clinic, de la que tambi\u00e9n fue uno de sus fundadores.<\/p>\n

Ha sido tambi\u00e9n animador, guionista y realizador de programas de televisi\u00f3n como Gato por liebre (Rock &amp; Pop Televisi\u00f3n, 1995-1998) y del programa de humor absurdo Plan Z, que recibi\u00f3 m\u00faltiples censuras.<\/p>\n

Es director del Instituto de Estudios Humor\u00edstico de la Universidad Diego Portales y humorista-locutor del programa Desde Zero de Radio Zero, junto a Patricio Fern\u00e1ndez y Claudia \u00c1lamo. En 2004 result\u00f3 ganador del Premio Anna Seghers y fue finalista del Premio Altazor en los a\u00f1os 2000 y 2003 con Memorias prematuras y Monstruos cardinales.<\/p>\n

Te esperamos en la biblioteca con lo m\u00e1s destacado de la obra de Rafael Gumucio.<\/p>\n

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The author of the month of February is Chilean writer Rafael Gumucio (Santiago, 15th January 1970) who recently visited us during the ISLA Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0He is son of the historian Rafael Luis Gumucio Rivas and grandson of the left-wing politician Rafael Agust\u00edn Gumucio. He studied Literature at the University of Chile. After the 1973 Chilean coup d\u00b4etat he lived as an exile in France before returning to Chile. He also resided in Spain for several years until 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

He published his first novel in 1999, Memorias prematuras (Premature memoirs) a book where the writer narrates his life; the exile with his family in France, his return to Chile, his failure with women, his first dabblings in journalism and university life. This book is considered his best work to date.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has written among others: Monstruos cardinales (2002), Comedia nupcial (2002), P\u00e1ginas coloniales (2006) etc. The most relevants are Los platos rotos (2004), an historical essay that has something of short story, theatre, novel and narrative telling the history of Chile and also La deuda (2009) a novel inspired in the case of the \u201cstar meter\u201d, a con man who tricked artists and entertainers.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has written for the newspapers La Naci\u00f3n, El Mercurio, La Tercera, El Metropolitano, Las \u00daltimas Noticias, El Pa\u00eds, ABC and New York Times and for the magazines Apsi, Rock &amp; Pop, Fibra, of which he was founder and general editor and The Clinic, of which he was also one of its founders.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has also been conductor, script-writer and producer of television shows like Gato por liebre (Rock &amp; Pop Televisi\u00f3n, 1995-1998) and of the absurdist humour show Plan Z (TV show), which was censored more than once.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0He is director of the Instituto de Estudios Humor\u00edsticos of the Universidad Diego Portales and comedian-host of the Desde Zero show on Radio Zero with Patricio Fern\u00e1ndez and Claudia \u00c1lamo. He won the Anna Seghers Award in 2004 and he was short-listed for the Altazor Award in 2000 and 2003 with Memorias prematuras and Monstruos cardinales.<\/span><\/p>\n

We hope to see you at the library with a selection of Rafael Gumucio\u00b4s work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nuestro autor del mes de febrero es el chileno Rafael Gumucio (Santiago, 15 de enero de 1970) que recientemente nos visit\u00f3 durante el Festival ISLA. Es hijo del historiador Rafael Luis Gumucio y nieto del pol\u00edtico de izquierda Rafael Agust\u00edn Gumucio. Curs\u00f3 sus estudios en Literatura en la Universidad de Chile y tras el golpe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50,4,52,57,18,19,47],"tags":[50,469,249,876],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7630"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7640,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630\/revisions\/7640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}