Efraim Medina Reyes

Efraim Medina Reyes
Born	(1967-06-29) June 29, 1967 (age 57) Cartagena, Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Occupation(s)	Novelist, poet, short story writer, columnist

Efraim Medina Reyes is a Colombian writer born June 29, 1967^[1] in Cartagena, Colombia. He is also the bassist and composer of the 7 Torpes rock band, he currently lives between Colombia and Vicenza, Italy. He is influenced by American cinema, jazz music and works of Andrés Caicedo, an emblematic figure of contemporary Colombian literature.^[2][3] As a writer, Efraim Medina Reyes emphasizes the hectic life of urban youths. He uses narrative techniques such as collage.

Some of his works were translated and published in Italian by Feltrinelli, Portuguese by Planeta, French by 13e Note Editions and Finnish by Ivan Rotta & Co.

Major works

Source:^[4]

• Cinema árbol y otros cuentos, short stories. (in Spanish)
• Érase una vez el amor pero tuve que matarlo, novel. (in Spanish)
• Técnicas de masturbación entre Batman y Robin, novel. (in Spanish)
• Sexualidad de la pantera rosa, novel. (in Spanish)
• Pistoleros/Putas y dementes (Greatest Hits), poems et flash fictions. (in Spanish)
• Lo que todavía no sabes del pez hielo, novel. (in Spanish)

Awards and honors

Source:^[5]

• 1985 Premio Nacional de Poesía ICFES
• 1986 Concurso Revista Aracataca
• 1986 Concurso Nacional de Cuento de Barranquilla
• 1986 Concurso Nacional de Cuento de Medellín
• 1987 Concurso Nacional de Novela Ciudad de Pereira.
• 1995 Premio Nacional de Literatura Colcultura for Cinema árbol y otros cuentos
• 1997 Concurso nacional de novela del Ministerio de Cultura for Erase una vez el amor pero tuve que matarlo
• 1999 Beca del Fondo Mixto de Cultura de Cartagena

References

1. Author information in the catalog of the Library of Congress actually gives 1964, however Efraim Medina Reyes himself claims to be born in 1967.
2. Efraím Medina Reyes y la nueva novela del Caribe colombiano by Orlando Araújo Fontalvo
3. Medina Reyes y la relación literatura-mass medias Archived February 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine by Katerine Jaimes Peña
4. Open Library
5. "Biblioteca Digital de la Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia". Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2011.

External links

• 7 Torpes Band songs (in Spanish)
• Yesterday a poem (in Spanish)
• Five short fictions Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Excerpt of the novel Sexualidad de la Pantera Rosa Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Articles by Efraim Medina Reyes in Soho Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Presentation of the novel Técnicas de masturbación entre Batman y Robin on Literaturas Comunicación SL (in Spanish)
• Interview by Entretenimiento & Cultura (in Spanish)
• Efraim Medina's Facebook Page (in Spanish)
• Efraim Medina's Twitter Account (in Spanish)