Guillermo Martínez (writer)

Guillermo Martínez
Guillermo Martínez at the Miami Book Fair International in 2014
Born	(1962-07-29) 29 July 1962 (age 62) Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Occupation	Author mathematician
Nationality	Argentinian
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires
Genre	Crime fiction – novels and short stories
Notable works	The Oxford Murders (2003) The Book of Murder (2007)
Notable awards	Planeta Prize (2003)

Guillermo Martínez (born 29 July 1962) is an Argentine novelist and short story writer.^[1][2][3]

Martínez was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He gained a PhD in mathematical logic at the University of Buenos Aires.^[4]

After his degree in Argentina, he worked for two years in a postdoctoral position at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford. His most successful novel has been Crímenes Imperceptibles (Imperceptible Crimes), known in English as The Oxford Murders, written in 2003. In the same year, he was awarded the Planeta Prize for this novel,^[2][3][5] which has been translated into a number of languages. The book has appeared as a film in 2008, directed by Alex de la Iglesia, and starring John Hurt, Elijah Wood, Leonor Watling and Julie Cox.^[6]

Books

• Vast Hell (Infierno grande, 1989) — short stories
• Regarding Roderer (Acerca de Roderer, 1993)^[7] — novel
• The Woman of the Master (La mujer del maestro, 1998) — novel
• Borges and Mathematics (Borges y las matemáticas, 2003) — essays
• The Oxford Murders (Crímenes imperceptibles, 2003)^[8][9] — novel
• The Immortality Formula (La fórmula de la inmortalidad, 2005) — essays
• The Book of Murder (La Muerte Lenta de Luciana B, 2007)^[10][11][12] — novel
• Gödel (para todos), 2009 — essay
• Lalu la luco, 2016 — novel
• The Oxford Brotherhood (Little, Brown, 2021)^[13][14] — novel ISBN 978-1-64313-877-0

References

1. "Books by Guillermo Martinez and Complete Book Reviews". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
2. "Guillermo Martínez". UK: Hachette. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
3. "Guillermo Martínez". Agencia Literaria Carem Balcells. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
4. Natalia Blanc (22 November 2014). "Guillermo Martínez, ganador del primer Premio de Cuento Gabriel García Márquez" (in Spanish). La Nación. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
5. "Argentino Guillermo Martínez gana el Planeta latinoamericano". La Nación (in Spanish). 4 November 2003. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
6. "The Oxford Murders". Turner Classic Movies. United States: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
7. "Regarding Roderer". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
8. du Sautoy, Marcus (5 February 2005). "Murder by numbers". The Guardian.
9. Stickland, Andrew (1 March 2005). "The Oxford Murders". Retrieved 14 June 2022.
10. Robshaw, Brandon (18 May 2008). "The Book of Murder, By Guillermo Martinez trs Sonia Soto". The Independent.
11. "The Book of Murder". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
12. "The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martínez". The Complete Review. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
13. "The Oxford Brotherhood". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
14. The Oxford Brotherhood – A Novel By Guillermo Martínez. Simon and Schuster. 5 April 2022. ISBN 9781643138770. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

External links

• Guillermo Martínez website (in Spanish)
• Fantastic Fiction entry