Fabián Casas

Argentina | 1965

Born in the Boedo area of Buenos Aires. Poet, narrator, essayist and journalist, he is one of the outstanding figures of Argentina’s 90’s generation. Studied philosophy, and edited the poetry journal 18 Whiskys, which had a major impact on the Buenos Aires literary scene.

keep reading

Published by

Spanish Emecé, Santiago Arcos Editor, Alpha Decay, Planeta, Literatura Mondadori / Portuguese Rocco Editora / German Rotbuch.

In 2007 he received Germany’s prestigious Anna Seghers Prize for, as the jury said, “having an extraordinary poetry and for his work’s being a source of inspiration for the authors of Latin America.” Ocio, the film based on the novel of the same name and directed by Alejandro Lingenti and Juan Villegas, was shown at the Berlin Festival to excellent reviews.

Guadalajara Book Fair (edition 2011) selected him as one of the writers who guarantees the continuation of the great Latinamerican writers of the XXth century.

His works have been translated into several languages.

Fabián Casas constructs an extraordinarily convincing narrative world possessed of subtle humour and a dry, intense lyricism. Ignacio Echevarría

One of the central poets in the objective line which beginning in the 90’s vigorously renewed Argentine poetry…A sensivity where without any posturing Schopenhauer and Astroboy play in the same league. Edgardo Dobry, Babelia, the El País literary supplement

One of the most audacious writers. Care Santos, El Cultural, El Mundo supplement

There is much of the Arlt of El juguete rabioso in Casas. Alan Pauls

Works

Diarios de la edad del pavo

Idleness

Bonsai Essays

All the Bonsais Essays

Titans of Brain

The Lemmings

Other books by the same author

Horla City y otros (Horla Ciıty and Others). Complete poetry, 2010
El spleen de Boedo (Boedo Blues). Poetry, 2004
Oda (Ode). Poetry, 2003
Rita viaja al cosmos con Mariano (Rıta and Mariano travel into space). Children’s story, 2009
Tuca (Roach). Poetry, 1990