Antonio Ungar

Antonio Ungar (born Bogotá, 1974) is a Colombian writer. His novels have been translated into seven languages and his short stories have been included in more than twenty anthologies in five languages. His novel ''Tres ataúdes blancos'', was awarded in 2010 with the prestigious Herralde Prize, and was short-listed for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize in 2011. Other prizes and distinctions include representing Colombia in the IWP Residence (2005), representing Colombia in the Granta Magazine Latin-American Anthology (2007), being short listed for the 2008 Courier International Prize (second best foreign book published in France), getting the National Journalism Prize Simón Bolívar (2005). His last two novels, ''Mírame'' (2019) and ''Eva y las fieras'' (2022), are currently being translated into French and German. Provided by Wikipedia