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

See also

Uruguayan literature

External links

  • (in Spanish)