Carlos Labbé (ˈkaɾlos laˈβe) is a Chilean fiction writer born at Santiago de Chile in 1977.

Biography

He graduated in Latin American and Spanish Literature, his dissertation was about Juan Carlos Onetti

Juan Carlos Onetti

Juan Carlos Onetti was an Uruguayan novelist and author of short stories.A high school drop-out, Onetti's first novel, El pozo, published in 1939, met with his close friends' immediate acclaim, as well as from some writers and journalists of his time...

. Later he obtained a Master's degree in Latin American and Spanish Literature with a dissertation on Roberto Bolaño

Roberto Bolaño

Roberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist and poet. In 1999 he won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Los detectives salvajes , and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666, which was described by board member Marcela Valdes...

. He has published a hypertext novel, Pentagonal: incluidos tú y yo (2001), the novels Libro de plumas (2004), Navidad y Matanza (2007) and Locuela (2009), the collection of short stories Caracteres blancos (2010), as well as the pop music records Doce canciones para Eleodora (2007) and Monicacofonía (2008). He co-wrote the screenplays for the films Malta con huevo (2007) and Yo soy Cagliostro (in production). In the past he was a member of the bands Ex Fiesta and Tornasólidos, and is now a literary critic and editor.

Works

Novels

• Pentagonal, incluidos tú y yo (hypertext novel, 2001)
• Libro de plumas (2004)
• Navidad y Matanza (2007, translated into German in 2010)
• Locuela (2009)

Short Stories

• Caracteres blancos (2010)

Music records

• Doce canciones para Eleodora (2007)
• Monicacofonía (2008)

Awards

• Chilean National Council on Books and Reading Found for the Writers, 2003.
• Pedro Sienna Awards of the Chilean State for Best Feature Film Screenwriting for Malta con huevo (Scrambled Beer, in the English edition), co-written with Cristóbal Valderrama, 2008.
• Published in Granta magazine's
  Granta
  Granta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centers on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated, "In its blend of...
  
   Best Young Spanish Language Novelists, 2010.

External links

• Carlos Labbé's Fiction Writing in Granta 113 Magazine, in English.
• English writer Toby Litt on Carlos Labbé's work.
• Collected criticism on Carlos Labbé´s work, in Spanish.
• Editorial Periférica, Carlos Labbé's publisher in Spain.
• Sangría Editora, Carlos Labbé's publisher in Chile.
• Lateinamerika Verlag, publisher of Carlos Labbé's Navidad und Matanza in German Language.
• Some songs from Tornasólidos rock band, in Spanish.
• Some songs from Ex Fiesta pop band, in Spanish.
• Some songs from Carlos Labbé's solo albums, in Spanish.
• Sobrelibros.cl, online literary magazine in Spanish, publishes Carlos Labbé's reviews on Latin American books.