Eduardo Sguiglia
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Eduardo Sguiglia is an Argentine economist, writer{{cite book|title=The New York Times Book Reviews 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGV-sHezvSgC&pg=PA1762|accessdate=27 August 2011|date=2001-06-01|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-058-2|pages=1762–}} and essayist.
Personal life
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Exiled in Mexico during the last coup d'état in Argentina, he previously had lived in Buenos Aires since the early eighties. He has a master's degree in social sciences, and he was a professor and researcher at the University of Buenos Aires.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
Published works
Sguiglia has written several novels, including Fordlandia (1997), Do not trust me, if your heart fails you (1999), A handful of glory (2003), Black Eyes (2010), Los cuerpos y las sombras (2014) and El miedo te come el alma (2017), which were translated into Portuguese, English, Italian and German.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Some have been finalists in the Dublin International Literary Award{{Cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/378080-los-argentinos-invaden-los-concursos-literarios|title=Los argentinos invaden los concursos literarios|website=Lanacion.com.ar|access-date=2017-07-07}} and Grinzane-Cavour. Fordlandia was selected one of the four best works of fiction in 2000 by The Washington Post.{{Cite web |url=http://tiempo.infonews.com/2013/01/02/mundo-93782-frica-un-mundo-tan-cercano-y-desconocido.php |title=Tiempo Argentino | Es tiempo de un diario nuevo |access-date=2013-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213132757/http://tiempo.infonews.com/2013/01/02/mundo-93782-frica-un-mundo-tan-cercano-y-desconocido.php |archive-date=2013-12-13 |url-status=dead }} In 2023, he published La redención del camarada Petrov.https://www.edhasa.com.ar/product/la-redencion-del-camarada-petrov/ Sguiglia was narrative jury in Casa de las Américas (Cuba) and Casa del Teatro (Dominican Republic).{{cite web |url=http://www.edhasa.com.ar/libros/libros_personas.php?idp=454&p=Sguiglia%2C+Eduardo |title=Sguiglia, Eduardo - Edhasa | Editorial fundada en 1946 |website=www.edhasa.com.ar |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211055746/http://www.edhasa.com.ar/libros/libros_personas.php?idp=454&p=Sguiglia%2C+Eduardo |archive-date=11 December 2013 |url-status=dead}} In 2016, he was one of the seven Latin American creators who received the Fundación Jumex and Rockefeller Foundation prize.{{Cite news|url=http://www.arteinformado.com/magazine/n/los-7-creadores-latinoamericanos-premiados-por-fundacion-jumex-y-rockefeller-foundation-5325|title=Los 7 creadores latinoamericanos premiados por Fundación Jumex y Rockefeller Foundation. Creación. dic 2016|website=Arteinformado.com|access-date=2017-05-19|language=es}}
He has also written several articles and essays on the economy and society of Argentina, including "Agustín Tosco" (1984), "The Club of the Powerful" (1991), "Infrastructure and Competitiveness" (1997) and "Ideologies of economic power" (2006).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} In this field, he has been awarded two national awards (Arcor Foundation 1993, Roggio Foundation, 1998), and for his work in foreign affairs he was honored by the governments of Bolivia, Chile and Brazil.{{Cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/721821-intentan-separar-la-diplomacia-de-la-campana|title=Intentan separar la diplomacia de la campaña|website=Lanacion.com.ar|access-date=2017-07-07}} Currently, he publishes articles related to world and Argentine current affairs in widely circulated Argentine newspapers.{{Cite web |title=Eduardo Sguiglia |url=https://www.infobae.com/autor/eduardo-sguiglia/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |last=Clarin.com |title=Clarin.com |url=https://www.clarin.com/autor/eduardo-sguiglia.html?srsltid=AfmBOopu1-lynNZpPwpytqih0MfuFHiLl0Zm1pN4vDd31f_sSIG1QdQI |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Clarin.com |language=es}}
Other work
Sguiglia had a prominent role in the peaceful resolution of the conflicts that took place in Bolivia during October 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/acuerdo-consiguieron-enviados_0_HJabI3kxCKe.html|title=El acuerdo que consiguieron los enviados|last=Clarín.com|website=www.clarin.com|date=18 October 2003|language=es|access-date=2019-01-03}} He has also served in the public sector as president of the regulator of airports, undersecretary of Latin American policy, and as the first Argentine ambassador to Angola.{{Cite web|url=http://sur.infonews.com/notas/entrevista-eduardo-sguiglia-ex-embajador-en-angola|title=INFOnews {{!}} Error 404|website=INFOnews.com|language=es|access-date=2017-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213132309/http://sur.infonews.com/notas/entrevista-eduardo-sguiglia-ex-embajador-en-angola|archive-date=2013-12-13|url-status=dead}}
Critical reception
The New York Times stated that his work was "reminiscent of the work of Conrad or Kafka, in which, faced with the extremes of an indifferent universe, human beings must come to terms with their own capricious inner landscapes".{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/10/01/bib/001001.rv135546.html?action=click&module=Search®ion=searchResults#0&version=&url=http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/sguiglia/|title=FORDLANDIA|website=The New York Times|access-date=2017-07-07}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.narratori.org/sguiglia/index.php Eduardo Sguiglia en Narratori]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927163635/http://www.leedor.com/notas/ver_nota.php?Idnota=253 Eduardo Sguiglia en El Leedor]
- [https://archive.today/20070929060640/http://www.caratula.net/Archivo/N7-0805/secciones/narrativa%20-%20eduardo%20sguiglia.htm Acapulco (short story)]
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