Gunter Silva Passuni
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 Gunter Silva Passuni in 2019 | |
| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) La Merced, Junín, Peru |
| Education | Catholic University of Santa María, University of Westminster |
Gunter Silva (born 1977) is a Peruvian writer.
Early life
[edit]Gunter Silva Passuni was born in 1977 in La Merced, Peru. He studied Law at the Catholic University of Santa María in Arequipa. He also holds an MA in Literature and Creative Writing awarded by the University of Westminster.
Career
[edit]He published his first short stories collection, Crónicas de Londres (The London Chronicles) in 2012, and in 2016 his second book Pasos Pesados (One Step Beyond), a novel about a young protagonist called Tiago E. Molina and his turbulent life in Peru during the armed conflict, the setting is the city of Lima at the end of the 80's and the beginning of the 90's. Carlos Fonseca Suárez describes the novel as "the epic of another lost generation that matures in the midst of a ruined and violent homeland".[1] The book was warmly received by the critics, and in 2017 it won a grant from the Danish Arts Foundation, and was translated into Danish as Tiagos overdrevne og vildfarne eventyr.[2]
Neutrino, Cuaderno de Navegación ( Neutrino, A Navigator's Logbook), the author’s first exploration of non-fiction, was launched at the Lima International Book Fair in July 2024. Seamlessly combining diary and essay, it explores themes such as the author’s illness, death, and existence, transforming everyday moments and details into profound meditations on human fragility, nostalgia, and uncertainty.
He has been invited, among others, to the London Book Fair, Ricardo Palma International Book Fair, Guadalajara, Festival Literatura Copenhagen,[3] and to the First International Conference of Contemporary Peruvian Writers "Palabras Fuera de Lugar" at Milan in 2017, organised by the Peruvian Consulate and the University of Milan.[4]
His short story Herford, won the World Literature Today Translation Prize in 2019.[5]
Work
[edit]Books
[edit]- ’'Crónicas de Londres. 'The London Chronicle' (Lima: Atalaya Editores, 2012) ISBN 978 6124 5991 25
- ’'Pasos Pesados. 'One Step Beyond' (Lima: Fondo Editorial Universitario, UCV, 2016) ISBN 978 6124 1585 82.[6]
- ’’El Baile de los Vencidos. 'The Dance of the Defeated' (Buenos Aires: Equidistancias, 2022) ISBN 9789874866301
- ’'Neutrino, Cuaderno de Navegación’'. ‘Neutrino, A Navigator's Logbook' (Lima: Laboratorio Editorial, 2024) ISBN 978 612 49750 0 4
Anthologies
[edit]- Beings, Contemporary Peruvian Short Stories (London, Berforts Press) ISBN 9781908616739
- The Peruvian Short Story, XXI Century (Copenhagen, Aurora Boreal press, No. 17, 2015).[7]
- Lejos. Sedici racconti dal Perú (Roma, Gran Vía Edizioni) ISBN 889 549 268 4
- ‘'Paciencia Perdida. An Anthology of Peruvian Fiction’' Ed. professor Gabriel T. Saxton (Dallas, USA. Dulzorada Press,2022) ISBN 9781953377180
- ‘'La Bruñida Caoba Entre Dos Espejos: Latinoamérica y Escandinavia’’ Eds. professors Jensen, J & Moreno, A (México, Fondo Editorial de la Universidad de Chihuahua, 2022) ISBN 978 607 536 114 7
See also
[edit]- Peruvian literature
- Julio Ramón Ribeyro
- Alonso Cueto
- Daniel Alarcón
- Carlos Yushimito
- Santiago Roncagliolo
References
[edit]- ^ Carlos Fonseca Suárez, August 2016, “‘Pasos pesados’: una generación cautiva en Perú Pesados: Una Generación Cautiva en Perú}".FronteraD (accessed 30 June 2019)
- ^ Pedersen, Poul Flou. “Tiagos overdrevne og vildfarne eventyr”, “ Glostrup Bibliotek”, Copenhagen, 23 November 2017. Retrieved on 23 November 2017.
- ^ FLC,website. [1],"[Festival Literature Copenhagen]”, Madrid, 10 May 2016.
- ^ Gob, Peru. “Palabras Fuera de Lugar”, “Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Journal”, Lima, 02 November 2017. Retrieved on 02 November 2017.
- ^ WLT “Herford Short Story”, “ World Literature Today Translation Prize”,Oklahoma, 20 June 2019. Retrieved on 20 June 2019.
- ^ Toledo,Juan. "Toledo about Pasos Pesados”, ‘’LALT’’, Oklahoma, 23 August 2017. Retrieved on 23 August 2017.
- ^ Camacho, Guillermo. ‘’The Peruvian Short Story, XXI Century”, ‘’Aurora Boreal, Copenhagen, 01 May 2015. Retrieved on 01 May 2015.
External links
[edit]- Gunter Silva Passuni on Twitter
- “Interview to Gunter Silva about Pasos Pesados” La República, peruvian newspaper
- “interview to Gunter Silva about Crónicas de Londres” Ojo en Tinta, chilean literary journal
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