Biography
Juan Sebastián Cárdenas (born 1978) is a Colombian writer and translator. He was born in Popayán in the southwestern province of Cauca. He studied philosophy at the Javeriana University of Bogotá before moving to Madrid in 1998, where he continued his studies at Complutense University and worked for several publishing houses. He has published half a dozen works of fiction. As a translator, he has translated works by American writers such as William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe and Gordon Lish, Portuguese author Eça de Queirós and Brazilian author Machado de Assis.
Career
In 2017, he was named as one of the Bogota39, a selection of the best young writers in Latin America.
In September 2023 the English translation of El diablo de las provincias (The Devil of the Provinces) was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature.
Personal Life
Juan Cárdenas (writer) was born on 1978 in Popayán. As a researcher, translator, writer, Juan Cárdenas (writer) is part of the public figures documented from Colombia.
References
- "Juan Cárdenas (writer)." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Cárdenas_(writer)
- "Wikidata entity: Q5952514 — Juan Cárdenas (writer)." https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5952514
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