Guillermo Saccomanno (born 1948 in Mataderos, Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian writer.

Saccomanno in 2022

Works

Film scripts

  • Under Flag (Spanish: Bajo bandera) (1997), dir. Juan José Jusid
  • 24 hours (Something is about to explode)[es] (1997), dir. Luis Barone

Awards

  • National Literature Prize of Argentina[es] (2000)
  • Municipal Short Story Award
  • Crisis Prize for Latin American Narrative
  • Club of the XIII Award
  • Premio Biblioteca Breve for The Office Worker (El oficinista) (2010)
  • Hammett Prize (2009) from the Gijón Black Week[es] for 77
  • Hammett Prize (2013) from the Gijón Black Week for Cámara Gesell (Gesell Dome)
  • Konex Platinum Award (2014) as the best novelist of the period 2008-2010
  • Alfaguara Prize (2025), for The Wind Will Arrive