Amir Hamed

Amir Hamed (11 May 1962 – 20 November 2017) was a Uruguayan writer, essayist and translator.

Background and education

Born in Montevideo, he earned a degree in literature from the University of the Republic and a doctorate in Hispanoamerican literature from Northwestern University.

Works

Novels:

• Artigas Blues Band (1994)
• Troya Blanda (1996)
• Semidiós (2001)
• Febrero 30 (2016)

Stories:

• ¿Qué nos ponemos esta noche? (1992)
• Buenas noches, América (2003)

Essays:

• Retroescritura (1998)
• Orientales: Uruguay a través de su poesía Siglo XX (1996)
• Mal y neomal. Rudimentos de geoidiocia (2007)
• Porno y post porno (2009, in collaboration with Roberto Echavarren and Ercole Lissardi)

Translations:

• The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher

See also

Uruguayan literature

References

External links

• Biography and works in the H enciclopedia