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March 22, 2007
Best Non-English Language Scholarly Essay on Fantasy in the Arts Award Announcement
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) is pleased to announce that its 1st Annual Award for Best Non-English Language Scholarly Essay on Fantasy in the Arts has been awarded to Carlos Abraham for "Las utopías literarias argentinas en el período 1850-1950" ("Argentine Literary Utopias in the Period from 1850-1950").
Carlos Abraham (1975) received his degree in Literature from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina, where he is presently pursuing his doctorate. As a scholar, his primary interests are the Hispanic Baroque, and fantasy literature and related genres. He is perhaps best known for his widely acclaimed book Borges y la ciencia ficción (see link). He is also Editor of the scholarly journal Nautilus, and Co-Editor of the literary magazine Éxtasis.
As an author, Carlos has won various literary prizes, among them First Prize in Metrovías's 2005 Cuentos Cortos de Terror competition for best horror short story with his "El negocio de la anciana" ("The Old Woman's Business"). He has published numerous essays, short stories, poems, translations, articles, and reviews in venues such as La Brújula, La Nueva Avenida, Julio Cortázar, Proyección, Los Conspiradores de Siempre, Arkadin y Galaxia, Artifex, Fabricantes de sueños y Textos del trovador, El Día, Nueva Era, Series Monográficas and Cuadernos Angers-La Plata.
We would also like to congratulate the authors of three essays selected for Honorable Mention:
Alfonso Merelo for "Filosofia y ciencia ficción: una aproximación" ("Philosophy and Science Fiction: an Approach")
Rocío Carrasco Carrasco and Elena Domínguez Romero for "Amenazas externas y monstruosidades internas: Planeta Prohibido(1956) de Wilcox y La Tempestad de Shakespeare" ("External Threats and Internal Monstrosities: Wilcox's Forbidden Planet (1956) and Shakespeare's The Tempest").
María Beatriz Cóceres for "Donde se detiene la mirada: Buzzati y la crónica policial" ("Where the Gaze Stops: Buzzati and the Police Chronicle")
Posted by GrahamMurphy at March 22, 2007 07:26 AM