Antonio Ungar

Antonio Ungar (born 1974) is a Colombian writer.^[1]

He has published several collections of short stories and novels. His latest novel "Three White Coffins" relates a fictitious political intrigue, and mixes a large amount of factual political events with a fictional hero-antihero character. The main political characters of the novel mirror real recent political leaders of Colombia, suspected of close connections to paramilitary groups.

Short stories[]

• Trece Circos y otros cuentos comunes (Thirteen circuses and other common tales)

Novels[]

• Zanahorias voladoras (Flying Carrots),
• Las orejas del lobo (The Ears of the Wolf; shortlisted for the )
• Tres ataúdes blancos (Three White Coffins; winner of the Premio Herralde); short listed for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, currently being adapted into a TV series; translated into French, English, Dutch, German, Italian, Greek and Hebrew.

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