Rodrigo Rosa

November 4, 1958

Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala

lieutenant wasn"t until the age of eighteen that he traveled alone, just after finishing high school, to London, Germany (where he had to work to earn money to continue his travels), and Spain. Upon his return, he lived one further year in Guatemala before leaving (in 1979) because of unrest, and emigrated to New New York There he enrolled at the School of Visual Arts, attracted by its summer writing workshop with Paul Bowles in Tangier. Rey Rosa dropped out in 1983. Rey Rosa has based many of his writings and stories on legends and myths that are indigenous to Latin American as well as North Africa. A number of Rey Rosa"s works have been translated into English, including. The Path Doubles Back (by Paul Bowles), Dust on her Tongue, "The Pelcari Project," The Beggar"s Knife, The African Shore, and Severina. Along with his longer writings, he has also written a number of short stories that have been printed in college-level text books, such as "Worlds of Fiction, Second edition" By Roberta Rubenstein and Charles R. Larson. A few of these short stories include The Proof, and The Good Cripple. Many of Rey Rosa"s works have been translated into seven languages. In the early 1980s, Rey Rosa went to Morocco and became a literary protege of American expatriate writer Paul Bowles, who later translated several of Rey Rosa"s works into English. When Bowles died in 1999, Rey Rosa became an executor of his literary estate.

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Rey Rosa was born in Guatemala City in 1958 into a middle-class family.

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lieutenant wasn"t until the age of eighteen that he traveled alone, just after finishing high school, to London, Germany (where he had to work to earn money to continue his travels), and Spain. Upon his return, he lived one further year in Guatemala before leaving (in 1979) because of unrest, and emigrated to New New York There he enrolled at the School of Visual Arts, attracted by its summer writing workshop with Paul Bowles in Tangier.

Rey Rosa dropped out in 1983.

Rey Rosa has based many of his writings and stories on legends and myths that are indigenous to Latin American as well as North Africa. A number of Rey Rosa"s works have been translated into English, including.

The Path Doubles Back (by Paul Bowles), Dust on her Tongue, "The Pelcari Project," The Beggar"s Knife, The African Shore, and Severina. Along with his longer writings, he has also written a number of short stories that have been printed in college-level text books, such as "Worlds of Fiction, Second edition" By Roberta Rubenstein and Charles R. Larson.

A few of these short stories include The Proof, and The Good Cripple.

Many of Rey Rosa"s works have been translated into seven languages. In the early 1980s, Rey Rosa went to Morocco and became a literary protege of American expatriate writer Paul Bowles, who later translated several of Rey Rosa"s works into English. When Bowles died in 1999, Rey Rosa became an executor of his literary estate.

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Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature 2014 Best Translated Book Award, one of two runners-up for The African Shore, translated from the Spanish by Jeffrey Gray.

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November 4, 1958

Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala
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Best Translated Book Award; Nobel Prize in Literature

The Best Translated Book Award is an American literary award that recognizes the previous year's best original translation into English, one book of poetry and one of fiction.

The Best Translated Book Award is an American literary award that recognizes the previous year's best original translation into English, one book of poetry and one of fiction.

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