Damián Cabrera

Damián Cabrera
Damián Cabrera in 2015
Born (1984-08-22) August 22, 1984
Asunción, Paraguay
Education

Antonio Damián Cabrera Rodríguez (born August 22, 1984, in Asunción) is a Paraguayan writer and editor.[1]

He was the recipient of the Roque Gaona Prize in 2012 for his novel Xirú.

Early life and education

Cabrera was born August 22, 1984,[2][3] in Asunción, but at a young age moved to the Alto Paraná region. He completed his secondary education at the María Auxiliadora Salesian School in Minga Guazú and his higher education at the National University of the East, where he earned a bachelor's degree in literature in 2008. He later obtained a master's degree in philosophy from the University of São Paulo.[2][4]

Career

Cabrera published his first work in 2006, the short-story collection Sh... horas de contar... The same year, he founded the cultural magazine El Tereré.[5]

His next book was the novel Xirú, published in 2012 by Ediciones de la Ura, with which he won the Roque Gaona Prize. In its decision, the jury described the work as "a fresco of today's Paraguay, the present with its social conflicts and invasive soy plantations coexisting with old superstitions." The plot is set in the Alto Paraná region, on the border between Paraguay and Brazil, and features four young protagonists: Gabriel, Nelson, Miguel, and César.[5] The novel's themes include life in the Triple Frontier, its customs, cultural blending, and homosexuality.[6][7]

In 2019, he published the novel Xe, which follows the story of a young man and his journeys from Asunción to Ciudad del Este, accompanied by a motorcyclist in a trip that soon turns more emotional and erotic. According to Cabrera, the title of the novel refers to the chemical element xenon and was chosen due to the popularity of xenon headlights among motorcyclists.[4][8]

In 2021, he published a translation of the novel Joseph Walser’s Machine by Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares.[9]

Works

  • Sh... horas de contar... (2006), short stories
  • Xirú (2012), novel
  • Xe (2019), novel
  • Ex sylvis (2025), short stories

References

  1. ↑ Recoaro, Nicolás (29 June 2012). "La mala hora". Página/12. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Piceli, Garon (29 August 2013). "Xiru at the Foz Book Fair". ClickFoz. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "O Paraguai insular: a metáfora da ilha e movimentos insulares" (PDF). University of São Paulo (in Portuguese). 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Paraguayan writer launches fiction book based on CDE and Asunción". Última Hora. 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 Peiró Barco, José Vicente (15 September 2013). "Xirú by Damián Cabrera". ABC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Carbone, Rocco; Kornfeld, Laura (2014). "TriBorder: Xirú" (PDF). Cuadernos del Hipogrifo. Revista de Literatura Hispanoamericana y Comparada. ISSN 2420-918X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Benisz, Carla (2018). "Panta and María Gonçalves. Patriarchy in One Hundred Years of Paraguayan Literature" (PDF). XI Workshop: "Paraguay from the Social Sciences". Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  8. ↑ ""Xe", a literary journey by mototaxi". ABC. 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Cabrera, Damian (28 June 2021). ""La máquina de Joseph Walser", novela de Gonçalo M. Tavares traducida por Damián Cabrera". El Nacional (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 June 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
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