Adolfo Pérez Zelaschi

Adolfo Pérez Zelaschi was born in the year 1920; he died in the year 2005. He was an argentine writer. Adolfo Pérez Zelaschi was born in San Carlos de Bolivar on the 15^th February 1920 and he died on the 6^th March 2005 in Buenos Aires. Adolfo Pérez Zelaschi was a member of the Academia Argentina le Letras.

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Career

At the age of 20, Adolfo Pérez Zelaschi moved to Buenos Aires and there he gradually developed interest in the legal studies, literature and sociology. In his productive literary work, he manufactured the stand out stories; Hombres sobre la pampain the year 1941,Másallá de los espejosin the year 1949, De los pequeños y los últimosin the year 1976, El barónpolacoin the year 1985, and Ciencuentosparaciendíasin the year 1998.

Pérez Zelaschi is popular for his works in the detective genre of the literature of the country.

He claimed that his stories were not made up of horrendous crimes or damaging scenes.

Works

Ø  Los Montiel (novel) 1931

Ø  Hombres sobre la pampa (story) 1941

Ø  Cantos de labrador y marinero (poetry) 1944

Ø  Másallá de los espejos (story) 1949

Ø  El terraplén (novel) 1954

Ø  El caso de la muertequetelefonea (detective novel) 1966

Ø  Presidente en la mira (novel) 1969

Ø  Canto fragmentario de Newpolis (poetry) 1975

Ø  De los pequeños y los últimos (story) 1976

Ø  Divertimento pararevólver y piano (detective novel) 1981

Ø  Nicolasito (novel)1981

Ø  La ciudad (novel) 1982

Ø  El barónpolaco (story) 1985

Ø  Mismejorescuentospoliciales (anthology of stories) 1989

Ø  Ciencuentosparaciendías (story) 1998

Awards

Ø  Argentina Book Chamber Award in the year 1949.

Ø  Emecé Literary Award in the year 1954 (for The embankment).

Ø  Province of Buenos Aires Triennial from 1954 - 1957.

Ø  Clarín Newspaper Award in 1960.

Ø  First Prize of the National Endowment for the Arts for story in the year 1976

Ø  Antonio Machado Prize for Short Stories, sponsored by RENFE in the year1977.