Born: Porlamar, 1960

Twitter: @arnoldorosas

Training: Arnoldo was part of the Narrative Workshop at the Rómulo Gallegos Center of Latin American Studies (1981-82) and holds a diploma in Creative Literature from the UNIMET-ICREA programme (2010).

Works:

Short story collections

Para Enterrar al Puerto (1985, republished 2012),

Olvídate del Tango (1992, republished 1999 and 2013)

La Muerte No Mata a Nadie (2003)

Novels

Igual (1990, republished 2013)

Nombre de Mujer (2005, republished 2012). Buy online from Literatúrame (ePub format – 3 euros – bargain!)

Uno se Acostumbra (2011): watch the video trailer here. Buy online from Todoebook (ePub format).

Massaua (2012)

Prizes:

Premio de Narrativa “Régulo Guerra Salcedo” 1987. Premio de Narrativa “Rosauro Rosa Acosta” 1988. Mención especial concurso literario “Andrés Silva” 1991. Primer finalista Bienal Literaria Nueva Esparta “Chevige Guayke” 1991. Mención de Honor Bienal Latinoamericana de Literatura “José Rafael Pocaterra” 2000. Mención de Honor del Jurado VII Concurso Nacional de Cuentos Sacven 2009.

Read:

Many Moons – translation of Tantas Lunas especially for VenezuelanLiterature.co.uk

La muerte no mata a nadie on Letralia

Mar que ruge cayenas on Letralia

Interviews: