Juan Pablo Villalobos
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Juan Pablo Villalobos was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1973. He studied marketing
and Spanish literature
. He has worked in market research and published travel stories, as well as literary
and film criticism
.
Villalobos has researched the influence of the avant-garde
on the work of César Aira
, and the flexibility of pipelines for electrical installations. He now lives in Barcelona, Spain, and has two Mexican-Brazilian-Italian-Catalan children. His first book, Fiesta en la madriguera (ISBN 97888433972125, Anagrama, 2010), has been translated into Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Romanian, Dutch and English.
The English translation, Down the Rabbit Hole is by Rosalind Harvey, was published in September 2011 by the London publishing house And Other Stories. Down the Rabbit Hole was shortlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award
.
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
and Spanish literature
Spanish literature
Spanish literature generally refers to literature written in the Spanish language within the territory that presently constitutes the state of Spain...
. He has worked in market research and published travel stories, as well as literary
Literary criticism
Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...
and film criticism
Film criticism
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films, individually and collectively. In general, this can be divided into journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, and other popular, mass-media outlets and academic criticism by film scholars that is informed by film theory and...
.
Villalobos has researched the influence of the avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
on the work of César Aira
César Aira
César Aira is an Argentine writer and translator, and an exponent of Argentine contemporary literature. He has published over fifty books of stories, novels and essays...
, and the flexibility of pipelines for electrical installations. He now lives in Barcelona, Spain, and has two Mexican-Brazilian-Italian-Catalan children. His first book, Fiesta en la madriguera (ISBN 97888433972125, Anagrama, 2010), has been translated into Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Romanian, Dutch and English.
The English translation, Down the Rabbit Hole is by Rosalind Harvey, was published in September 2011 by the London publishing house And Other Stories. Down the Rabbit Hole was shortlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award
Guardian First Book Award
Guardian First Book Award, issued before 1999 as Guardian Fiction Prize or Guardian Fiction Award, is awarded to new writing in fiction and non-fiction.-History:...
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