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Ciudad de Guatemala, 1989. Desde 2014 su trabajo literario ha sido incluido en medios impresos y digitales en Iberoamérica. Mantiene la columna El astrolabio de Copérnico en el medio gAZeta.gt. Ha publicado los libros Nebulosa (Mandrágora, 2014), El sendero del árbol enjaulado (Tujaal Ediciones, 2019) y la novela Káplan (2019, Loqueleo). Problemas de una ciudad sin trenes, un libro de relatos, obtuvo la CLI 2020, auspiciada por la Coordinadora de Editoriales Independientes de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, y fue publicado en Tijuana por Malvia Editorial. Su relato «La recaída» ganó, por unanimidad, el III Certamen de Cuentos «El palabrerista» 2020. En octubre de 2021 se anunció que «Hasta que todas estén muertas» ha sido ganado ...more

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