Leopoldo Brizuela


Leopoldo Brizuela was an Argentine journalist, writer, and translator. He was born in La Plata in 1963.
Brizuela received multiple literary awards, including the 2012 Premio Alfaguara for his novel Una misma noche. As a translator, he worked on the writings of American authors such as Henry James, Flannery O'Connor, and Eudora Welty.

Personal life and death

He was openly gay.
Leopoldo Brizuela died as a result of a long illness at the age of 55 on May 14, 2019.

Works

  • 1985 – Tejiendo agua, novela, Emecé, Buenos Aires
  • 1987 – Cantoras, reportajes a Gerónima Sequeida y Leda Valladares; Torres Agüero Editor, Buenos Aires
  • 1992 – Cantar la vida, conversaciones con las cantantes Mercedes Sosa, Aimé Paine, Teresa Parodi, Leda Valladares y Gerónima Sequeida; El Ateneo, Buenos Aires
  • 1995 – Fado, poemas, La Marca, Buenos Aires
  • 1999 – Inglaterra. Una fábula, novela, Alfaguara
  • 2001 – El placer de la cautiva, nouvelle
  • 2002 – Los que llegamos más lejos, relatos, Alfaguara, Buenos Aires
  • 2010 – Lisboa. Un melodrama, novela, Alianza
  • 2012 – Una misma noche, novela, Alfaguara

Prizes