Luis Carlos Barragán Castro (born 1 September 1988) is a Colombian writer and illustrator specialized in science fiction.[1]
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 Barragán at Ben Youssef Madrasa in 2023 | |
| Born | Luis Carlos Barragán Castro 1 September 1988 Bogotá, Colombia |
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| Language | Spanish |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
Life and career
editLuis Carlos Barragán was born on 1 September 1988 in Bogotá, Colombia. He got his bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at the National University of Colombia in 2011. In the same year, his debut novel Vagabunda Bogotá was published, winning multiple awards, and nominated as a finalist for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize in 2013.[2][3][4]
He got his master's degree in Arabic Studies at the American University in Cairo in 2018 with his thesis "Tropical Mudejar: Mosque-type chapels in Mexico and their role in early Spanish America" which has won the George T. Scanlon Graduate Student Award in Arab and Islamic Civilizations Department, a merit-based award to recognize a distinguished MA thesis produced by an ARIC student in that given academic year.[5][6] In the same year, his second novel El Gusano was published, also winning multiple awards.[7][8]
He has published and contributed numerous short stories and artworks in various sci-fi magazines across the Ibero-America. In 2021, his first short story collection Parásitos Perfectos and third novel Tierra Contrafuturo were published.[1]
He was a background painter for the 2022 animation film The Other Shape and the art director of the virtual reality experience "Codice Futuro" which premiered in 2024.[9][10]
Style and themes
editLuis Carlos Barragán is known for using science fiction, New Weird, body horror and surrealism in his novels and stories, and for uniting these themes with Colombian reality.
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- Vagabunda Bogotá (2011)
- El Gusano (2018)
- Tierra Contrafuturo (2021)
Short story collection
edit- Parásitos Perfectos (2021)
References
edit- ^ a b Hart, Emily (10 June 2023). "Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon". New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "2013 Rómulo Gallegos Prize Publicity". Página 12 (in Spanish). 6 June 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Enciso Noguera, Ana María (21 August 2019). "Vagabunda Bogotá: From science 'friction' to surrealism". Al Día. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Mejía, Esteban Carlos (18 November 2011). "'Vagabunda Bogotá' con Johny, el leproso". El Espectador (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Barragan Castro, Luis Carlos (1 June 2017). "Tropical Mudejar: Mosque-type chapels in Mexico and their role in early Spanish America". AUC Knowledge Fountain. American University in Cairo. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Luis Carlos Barragán Biography". ILUSTRE (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Enciso Noguera, Ana María (13 September 2021). ""El Gusano" and How Science Fiction Can Imagine Better Worlds". Latina Media Co. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ Ortiz, María Paulina (14 February 2019). "El mundo imaginario de 'El Gusano'". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Códice Futuro Program". Cinemateca de Bogota (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "'Códice futuro', la nueva exposición que llega a la Cinemateca de Bogotá". HJCK (in Spanish). 27 February 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.