Antonio Ungar

Background

He is also the grandson of Hans Ungar, an Austro-Hungarian immigrant who owned the "Librería Central (The Central Bookstore)" in Colombia"s capital, Bogotá.

Education

Born in Bogotá he studied architecture at the National University of Colombia and worked as an architect before deciding to become a full-time writer He spent some time at the famous Iowa Writing Program, formerly known as the Iowa Writers Workshop, which famous United States. writers such as Raymond Carver, Philip Roth, and John Cheever attended.

Career

The library became renowned for attracting various generations of intellectuals to either buy, discuss or steal (supposedly Garcia Marquez deeds) books from lieutenant He has published several collections of short stories and novels. His latest novel "Three White Coffins" relates a fictitious political intrigue, and mixes a large amount of factual political events with a fictional hero-antihero character.

The main political characters of the novel mirror real recent political leaders of Colombia, suspected of close connections to paramilitary groups.

Trece Circos y otros cuentos comunes (Thirteen circuses and other common tales).

Works

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  • Las Orejas del Lobo & The Ears of the Wolf (Bilingual Edition)

    (Bilingual Short Novel originally written in Spanish by Co...)

  • Las Orejas del Lobo (Spanish Edition)

    (Antonio Ungar ha vivido en la selva colombiana, Mancheste...)