Included in the Guadalajara International Book Fair’s ‘26 en el 26’ selection

His chronicles and articles have appeared in the newspapers El País, La Razón, Página Siete and Opinión.

He has won several literary prizes, including the 2019 National Novel Prize (the most important in Bolivia); the 2018 Franz Tamayo Short Story Prize; the Eduardo Abaroa Prize in the category of cultural journalism (2015); the National Prize for Children’s Literature 2012 and the Research Award “Miradas Jovenes” (2008).

In 2026, he was awarded a scholarship by New York University (NYU) to study for an MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish.

Furthermore, the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) has included him in the ‘26 en el 26’ selection, which highlights 26 novelists aged 40 or under ‘whose works broaden the horizons of the contemporary novel in our language’. 

He is among the most important authors to enter the scene: Mamani is my new obsession. Emiliano Monge, El País

A crisp language, crafted with skill and wit, Mamani Magne arrives as one of the most interesting voices in Bolivian literature. Juan Manuel Mannarino, Clarín

Gabriel Mamani Magne is one of the most powerful and vital voices in current Bolivian literature. His writing is accurate and dazzling and captures with extraordinary lucidity —and with a sense of humor— a Bolivia that has been little told. His novels are unforgettable, necessary, and wonderful. Liliana Colanzi

Mamani Magne is a breath of fresh air and comes to swell the ranks of the best of contemporary Latin American literature. El Mundo 

(…) a very straightforward and ironic style. Cinephile-doux, Senscritique magazine, France

A writer who has been able to mix all the ingredients to create an immersive story. With a singular and omnipresent humor he takes us on a journey between elitist and popular culture. Society Magazine

Works

Other books by the same author

Tan cerca de la luna. Alfaguara Infantil, 2012