Jorge Majfud

Jorge Majfud (1969—) is a Uruguayan writer.

Life

He was born in Tacuarembó, Uruguay. He majored in Architecture and in 1996 graduated from the Universidad de la República in Montevideo. He travelled extensively to gather material that would later become part of his novels and essays, and was a professor at the Universidad Hispanoamericana of Costa Rica and at Escuela Técnica del Uruguay, where he taught art and mathematics.

In 2003 he entered the University of Georgia, where he obtained a Master and a PhD in the Department of Romance Languages. He is a member of the scientific committee of Araucaria review of Spain, Araucaria, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and a Professional Member of PEN American Center.[1].He taught at the University of Georgia and was a professor at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Currently he is a professor at Jacksonville University. Dr. Majfud has won many research awards including the Excellence in Research Award in Humanities and Letters. He is considered one of the greatest authors in Spanish language nowadays.

Works

His publications include:

• Hacia qué patrias del silencio / memorias de un desaparecido (novel, 1996)
• Crítica de la pasión pura (essays, 1998)
• La reina de América (novel, 2001)
• El tiempo que me tocó vivir (essays, 2004)
• La narración de lo invisible / Significados ideológicos de América Latina (essays, 2006)
• Perdona nuestros pecados (short stories, 2007)
• La ciudad de la Luna (novel, 2009)

His stories and articles have been published in daily newspapers, magazines, and readers, such as El País and La República [2] of Montevideo, Rebellion, Hispanic Culture Review of George Mason University, Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana of Dartmouth College, Pegaso of the University of Oklahoma, Washington University Political Review, United Nations Chronicle, UNICEF, Araucaria of Spain, etc. He has been the founder and editor of the magazine SigloXXI – reflexiones sobre nuestro tiempo. He is a contributor to El Pais, La República of Montevideo, La Vanguardia of Barcelona, Tiempos del Mundo of Washington, Monthly Review of New York, Milenio of Mexico, Jornada of La Paz, Panama America, El Nuevo Herald of Miami, Página/12 of Buenos Aires, Cambio16 of Spain, Centro Cervantes of Madrid, The Humanist of the American Humanist Association, Radio Uruguay, Radio Nacional de Argentina [3], Radio Exterior de España, Radio Popolare Roma and many other daily and weekly newspapers. He is a member of the International Scientific Committee of the magazine Araucaria [4] in Spain.

His essays and articles have been translated into Portuguese, French, English, German, Italian, Basque, and Greek.

Awards

He has distinguished himself in different international contests, for example:

• Mention at Premio Casa de las Américas, in Habana, Cuba in 2001, for the novel La Reina de América, "because it stands out as an intense writing regarding the established powers by the use of parody and irony," according to the panel of judges composed of Belén Gopegui (Spain), Andrés Rivera (Argentina), Mayra Santos Febres (Puerto Rico) and others
• Excellence in Research Award, University of Georgia, 2006

References

External links

• Books in WorldCat

• The Age of Barbaria
• "Crossing borders and more: A professor profile on Dr. Jorge Majfud"
• Introducción a la literatura
• La Republica's Critique and Book Review
• La ciudad de la Luna, a Spanish National Radio Interview
• An Interview
• La ciudad de la Luna
• Narrativa uruguaya de principios de siglo.
• Amazon.com
• Radio Exterior de España
• Línea Abierta. Texas-California edition. Entrevista de Samuel Schmidt (Audio)
• Nuevos escritores uruguayos: Centro Virtual Cervantes
• Pensamiento Latinoamericano
• Books at Biblioteca Miguel de Cervantes
• "Mémoire douce de la barbarie"
• Cambio16
• Esos estúpidos intelectuales
• Interview of María Luisa Pedrós

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