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Mario Morenza

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in Caracas, Venezuela

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Fiction, Science Fiction, Crime

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Ha publicado los cuentarios Pasillos de mi memoria ajena (2008) y La senda de los diálogos perdidos (2008). Relatos suyos figuran en numerosas compilaciones, destacan la Antología de la novísima narrativa breve hispanoamericana (2009), Mínima expresión (2009), Historias de Venezuela (Eslovenia, 2009), De qué va el cuento. Antología del relato venezolano 2000-2012 (2013), Mis más cercanos parientes (España, 2016), Nuevo país de las letras (2016), Resonancias (Panamá, 2016) y El adiós de Telémaco (España, 2024).

Asimismo, sus cuentos han sido reconocidos en el Concurso Nacional de Cuentos SACVEN (finalista en 2005, 2011, 2016); Premio de Cuentos de la Policlínica Metropolitana para Jóvenes Autores (finalista en 2010, 2011, y tercer lugar en 20 Ha publicado los cuentarios Pasillos de mi memoria ajena (2008) y La senda de los diálogos perdidos (2008). Relatos suyos figuran en numerosas compilaciones, destacan la Antología de la novísima narrativa breve hispanoamericana (2009), Mínima expresión (2009), Historias de Venezuela (Eslovenia, 2009), De qué va el cuento. Antología del relato venezolano 2000-2012 (2013), Mis más cercanos parientes (España, 2016), Nuevo país de las letras (2016), Resonancias (Panamá, 2016) y El adiós de Telémaco (España, 2024).

Asimismo, sus cuentos han sido reconocidos en el Concurso Nacional de Cuentos SACVEN (finalista en 2005, 2011, 2016); Premio de Cuentos de la Policlínica Metropolitana para Jóvenes Autores (finalista en 2010, 2011, y tercer lugar en 2015); Premio Anual de Cuentos Salvador Garmendia (finalista en 2016); y en 2016 ganó la 71a edición del Concurso de Cuentos del diario El Nacional.

Ha colaborado para medios como El Diario., The Wynwood Times, Prodavinci y Papel Literario, escrito los guiones del podcast El Otro Lado del Deporte. Desde 2010 se desempeña como investigador en la UCV, donde imparte clases de postgrado sobre cuento y novela venezolanas y su taller Mares de Narrativa.

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In 2008, he publishes La senda de los diálogos perdidos (The Path of Lost Dialogues), winner of the National University Literature Prize in Venezuela, and Pasillos de mi memoria ajena (Hallways of Their Memories of Mine), finalist at the unpublished authors competition sponsored by the publishing house Monte Ávila Editores. Short stories from the author have been awarded in several occasions: «Vitrum» was included in the Antología de la Novísima Narrativa Joven Latinoamericana and in 2016, «Las tribulaciones de un censor antiplagios» (Tribulations of an Anti-Plagiarism Censor) was selected as winner of the 71st edition of the Short Story Competition of major Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional. Additionally, in 2010 and 2015, his short stories «Paula Torres Miranda» and «Sindicato de profetas» (A Prophets’ Union), received honours in the short story competition sponsored by Policlínica Metropolitana. «La verdad de las gacelas» (What’s True for Gazelles) also received an honourable mention in the 8th Sacven National Short Story Competition of 2011, while «Libros Raros» (Weird Books) did in the 10th edition of the same competition in the year 2016. In that year, his short story «My hermano mayor» (My Older Brother) was a finalist of the 1st Salvador Garmendia Short Story Awards.

His short stories have been included in the following anthologies: Tatuajes de ciudad (2007), Quince que cuentan (2008), Escritores seriales (México, 2009), Zgodbe iz Venezuele (Slovenia, 2009), Mínima expresión: una muestra de la minificción venezolana (2009), El libro voyeur (Spain, 2010), Joven Narrativa Venezolana III (2011), VIII Concurso Nacional de Cuentos Sacven 2011 (2012), De qué va el cuento (2013), Premio de Cuento de la Policlínica Metropolitana para Jóvenes Autores V - VI (2011 - 2012) (2015), Resonancias. Cuentos breves de Panamá y Venezuela (Panama, 2016), Microcuentos de amor, lluvia y dinosaurios (Spain and Mexico, 2016), Mis más cercanos parientes. Breve antología del cuento venezolano (1990-hoy) (2016), Nuevo país de las letras (2016).

His essays and literary reviews have been published in Leer la realidad: estudios críticos sobre el contexto sobre la narrativa venezolana (2013) and Prueba de sonido. El discurso social de las narrativas musicales (2016), books written in association with fellow writers from the Institute of Literary Research, and in magazines such as ConcienciActiva21, Núcleo, Contexto, and in the Venezuelan literature dossier of the magazine INTI 77-78, Spring-Fall 2013 (USA).

As a professor, he has taught narrative workshops at the School of Literature of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Ecrea, the Rómulo Gallegos Centre for Literary Studies (Celarg), the Eugenio Montejo Hall at the Palos Grandes Library ...more

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	Pasillos de mi memoria ajena 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resonancias: Cuentos breves de Panamá y Venezuela by Carolina Fonseca (Editor), Joel Bracho Ghersi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carlos Cruz-Diez (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Senda De Los Diálogos Perdidos 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nuevo país de las letras by Antonio López Ortega (Editor), Carlos Ávila (Contributor), Willy Mckey (Contributor) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antología de la novísima narrativa breve hispanoamericana by Violeta Rojo (compiler), Héctor Abad Faciolince (compiler), Gonzalo Gómez Montoro 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prueba de sonido: El discurso social de las narrativas musicales by Angel Gustavo Infante, María del Rosario Jiménez, María Eugenia Martínez 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Premio Anual de Cuento Salvador Garmendia [1° Ed.] by Luis Moreno Villamediana, Víctor Mosqueda Allegri (Goodreads Author), Carlos Egaña 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zgodbe iz Venezuele : [antologija venezuelske kratke proze] by Juan Carlos Chirinos (izbor in spremna beseda), Veronika Rot (prevajalka), Silda Cordoliani 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuentos El Nacional. Aniversario 73 by Mario Morenza (Goodreads Author), Carlos Colmenares Gil, Cesia Hirsheibein 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Ce poate fi mai deprimant decât faptul că ultimul avorton posedă facultatea de a da viaţă, de-a "aduce pe lume"? Cum să nu te cuprindă spaima sau sila când te gândeşti la miracolul ce face din primul venit un demiurg pe puncte? Ceea ce trebuia sa fie un dar la fel de excepţional ca şi geniul a fost distribuit tuturora de-a valma: generozitate de speţă joasă ce descalifică pe vecie natura.”
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