Maximiliano Barrientos

Maximiliano Barrientos was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia in 1979. His short story collection, Diario (2009), received the Santa Cruz National Literature Prize. His first two books, Los daños and Hoteles, were subsequently edited, revised, and transformed into the short story collection Fotos tuyas cuando empiezas a envejecer and the novel Hoteles.  In 2015 he published La desaparición del paisaje,  as well as the collection of short stories titled Una casa en llamas. He is published by El Cuervo in Bolivia and by Periférica in Spain