Santiago Vega (born in 1973 in Quilmes, Provincia de Buenos Aires), better known as Washington Cucurto, is an Argentinian writer of fiction, prose and poetry.^[1] He is the self-proclaimed creator of realismo atolondrado ('headlong realism').^[2] His writing shares tendencies of American authors like Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs and Henry Miller. Because of his subject matter and style, he is a cult author, especially among young readers. His work deals with negritude, poverty, homosexuality, and other fringe cultures. In 2002 he founded Eloísa Cartonera, an extremely successful non-profit publishing house specializing in handmade and affordable books from recycled materials.^[3]

Works

• Zelarayán, 1996, (poetry)
• La máquina de hacer paraguayitos, 1999, (poetry)
• Veinte pungas contra un pasajero, 2003, (poetry)
• Hatuchay, 2005, (poetry)
• Como un paraguayo ebrio y celoso de su hermana, 2005, (poetry)
• Upepeté. Noticias del Paraguay, poetry, (2009)
• El tractor, poetry, (2009)
• Poeta en Nueva York, poetry, (2010)
• Macanas, poetry, (2009, with pseudonym Humberto Anachuri)
• El Hombre polar regresa a Stuttgart, poetry, (2010)
• Cosa de negros, novella (2003),
• Noches vacías, cumbiela (2003)
• Panambí, cumbiela (2003),
• Fer, cumbiela (2004),
• La luna en tus manos, story (2004),
• Las aventuras del Sr. Maíz, story (2005),
• Hasta quitarle Panamá a los yanquis, novel (2005),
• El amor es mucho más que una novela de 500 páginas, novella (2008)
• El curandero del amor, novella (2006),
• 1810. La revolución vivida por los negros, historical novel (2008),
• Idalina, historia de una mujer sudamericana, novella (2009),
• El Rey de la cumbia contra los fucking Estados Unidos de América, story (2010),
• Pulgas y cucarachas, story (2010)
• Sexibondi, novella (2011)

Translations

Translations exist in English, German, French and (Brazilian) Portuguese:

• Some Dollars (Collection), by Jordan Lee Schnee
• Die Maschine die kleine Paraguayerinnen macht, by Timo Berger
• Schuhe aus Leinen, by Timo Berger
• Coisas de Negros
• Zelarayán, by Geneviève Orssaud