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

He studied Law and Sociology and got a master’s degree in Comparative Literature at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

He was a professor at the Bolivian Catholic University, where he imparted literary creation workshops.

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’.

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).

Gabriel Mamani Magne has opened a window so that others can see his inner turmoil and his aspirations. He dispels stereotypes and shows just how different the people who inhabit that immense, unknown world really are. José Andrés Rojo, 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

A winning combination of talent and craftsmanship, with as much humour as melancholy, superb control of narrative rhythm, an intelligent exploration of the solitude in which he lives, and a spontaneous style marked by rapid exchanges and effective literary blows. Carlos Zanón, El País

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

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

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