Carlos Vásconez

Carlos Vásconez Gomezcoello

Carlos Francisco Vásconez Gomezcoello (Cuenca, May 16, 1977) is an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, essayist, columnist and educator who has published short stories and novels since 1999. He is the president of the PEN Center Ecuador and was the president of the Azuay branch of the House of Ecuadorian Culture from 2011-2016. He is the vice-rector and a teacher at Las Pencas Educational Unit in Cuenca, Ecuador. He is also a professor at the School of Language and Literature at the University of Cuenca. He is the director of the newspaper La columna del invertebrado and is part of the Editorial Board of the cultural magazine Arrebol. He has been a columnist for several magazines and newspapers, such as Rocinante, Diners, BG Magazine, Cartón Piedra and La Casa. He has prefaced several anthologies of Ecuadorian short stories and poetry.

Awards

  • Las Linares Award for Best Short Novel for Paruso (2018).
  • Awarded the Hermano Miguel distinction by the Cantonal Council of Cuenca (2021).

Videos

Speaks about his new book La mariposa y el alfiler. Uploaded to YouTube 2021.
Uploaded to YouTube 2018.

Works

Novels

  • El violín de Ingres, Editorial Ziete, 2005
  • La raza extinta, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana “Benjamín Carrión”, 2007
  • Los días a tu nombre, Ediorial Ziete, 2009; Campaña Nacional de Lectura “Eugenio Espejo”, 2013
  • La vida exterior, La caída, editores, 2016
  • Paruso, Premio de Novela Breve La Linares, Campaña Nacional de Lectura “Eugenio Espejo”, 2018
  • La mariposa y el alfiler, 2021

Short story books

  • Donde mejor estuvieron los zapatos, Editorial Ziete, 1999
  • Mención a un extraviado, Editorial Ziete, 2001
  • Los inventos del reo, Editorial Ziete, 2003
  • Trabajos de dominio público, Editorial Ziete, 2004
  • Versiones heroicas, Ilustre Municipalidad de Cuenca, 2006
  • Lo que los ciegos ven, Cascahuesos, 2011
  • Libro del pequeño esplendor, Rastro de la iguana, editores, 2014
  • El arte de saber tomar café, CCENA, 2015
  • Jardines Lewis Carroll, Surnumérica, 2017
  • Jazz, Las Pencas, 2018
  • Las músicas secretas, La caída, editores, 2019

Carlos Vásconez’ works have also appeared in the following anthologies and collections

  • Aunque bailemos con la más fea, Editorial Ziete, 2003
  • Nadie nos quita lo bailado, Editorial Ziete, 2005
  • Moderato contable, Último round, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana “Benjamín Carrión”, Núcleo del Azuay, 2012; Campaña Nacional de Lectura “Eugenio Espejo”, 2013
  • Cuerpo adentro, Ministerio de Cultura y Patrimonio del Ecuador, 2013
  • Insomnio, Editorial Turbina, 2016
  • El kilo más pesado, Las Pencas, 2017
  • Bob Dylan, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Azuay, 2017
  • Fútbol de antología, Campaña Nacional de Lectura “Eugenio Espejo”, 2019
  • Ritornello, vol 1., poesía y cómic, Ilustre Municipio de Cuenca, 2019

Name variations

  • Carlos Vásconez
  • Carlos Vásconez Gomezcoello
  • Carlos Francisco Vásconez Gomezcoello

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