Damián Cabrera
Antonio Damián Cabrera Rodríguez (b. August 22, 1984)[1][2] is a Paraguayan writer and editor.[3] He was the recipient of the Roque Gaona Prize in 2012 for his novel Xirú.[4]
Biography
[edit]He was born in the city of Asunción, but at a young age moved to the Alto Paraná region. He completed his secondary education at the María Auxiliadora Salesian School in Minga Guazú and his higher education at the National University of the East, where he earned a bachelor's degree in literature in 2008. He later obtained a master's degree in philosophy from the University of São Paulo.[1][5]
He published his first work in 2006, the short story collection Sh... horas de contar... That same year, he founded the cultural magazine "El Tereré".[4]
His next book was the novel Xirú, published in 2012 by Ediciones de la Ura, with which he won the Roque Gaona Prize. In its decision, the jury described the work as “a fresco of today’s Paraguay, the present with its social conflicts and invasive soy plantations coexisting with old superstitions.” The plot is set in the Alto Paraná region, on the border between Paraguay and Brazil, and features four young protagonists: Gabriel, Nelson, Miguel, and César.[4] The novel’s themes include life in the Triple Frontier, its customs, cultural blending, and homosexuality.[6][7]
In 2019, he published the novel Xe, which follows the story of a young man and his journeys from Asunción to Ciudad del Este, accompanied by a motorcyclist in a trip that soon turns more emotional and erotic. According to the author, the title of the novel refers to the chemical element xenon and was chosen due to the popularity of xenon headlights among motorcyclists.[5][8]
In 2021, he published a translation of the novel Joseph Walser’s Machine by Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares.[9]
Works
[edit]- Sh... horas de contar... (2006), short stories
- Xirú (2012), novel
- Xe (2019), novel
- Ex sylvis (2025), short stories
References
[edit]- ^ a b Piceli, Garon (2013-08-29). "Xiru at the Foz Book Fair". ClickFoz. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "O Paraguai insular: a metáfora da ilha e movimentos insulares" (PDF). University of São Paulo (in Portuguese). 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ Recoaro, Nicolás (2012-06-29). "La mala hora". Página/12. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Peiró Barco, José Vicente (2013-09-15). "Xirú by Damián Cabrera". ABC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Paraguayan writer launches fiction book based on CDE and Asunción". Última Hora. 2019-07-15. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ Carbone, Rocco; Kornfeld, Laura (2014). "TriBorder: Xirú" (PDF). Cuadernos del Hipogrifo. Revista de Literatura Hispanoamericana y Comparada. ISSN 2420-918X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-12. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ Benisz, Carla (2018). "Panta and María Gonçalves. Patriarchy in One Hundred Years of Paraguayan Literature" (PDF). XI Workshop: “Paraguay from the Social Sciences”. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-26. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ ""Xe", a literary journey by mototaxi". ABC. 2019-07-15. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ ""Joseph Walser's Machine", a novel by Gonçalo M. Tavares translated by Damián Cabrera". 2021-06-28. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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