Carlos María Domínguez

Carlos María Domínguez was born on April 23, 1955, in Buenos Aires. He has contributed as a literary critic for the weekly newspapers Brecha and Búsqueda, and for the arts and culture supplement of the daily newspaper El País. In addition to literary criticism, he has written in many genres, including plays, biographies, travelogues, memoirs, short stories, and novels. In 1995, he won the Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo, highly acclaimed as Uruguay’s most prestigious literary award. Domínguez’s novella, The Paper House, first published in 2002, has been translated into more than 20 languages and has become an international bestseller since then.