Guillermo Martinez |
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Guillermo Martínez was born in Argentina in 1962. Since 1985 he has lived in Buenos Aires, where he earned a Ph.D. in mathematics. He is author of the book of short stories Vast Hell (Infierno grande), of the novels Regarding Roderer (Acerca de roderer), The Master’s Wife (La mujer del maestro), The Oxford Murders (Crímenes imperceptibles), The Book of Murder (La muerte lenta de Luciana B.) and of the books of essays Borges and Mathematics (Borges y la matemática) and The Immortality Formula (La fórmula de la inmortalidad). The Oxford Murders was awarded the Argentinean Planeta Prize and has been an international success. It has been translated into more than thirty languages and made into a film by Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia starring Elijah Wood and John Hurt. The Book of Murder has been hailed by Spanish critics as one of the ten best books of the year.
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