What is Abelardo Castillo?
[[File:Abelardo Castillo 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Catillo in the 1960s]] '''Abelardo Castillo''' (March 27, 1935 – May 2, 2017) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] writer, novelist, essayists. He was born in the city of [[San Pedro, Buenos Aires]]. He practiced amateur [[boxing]] in his youth. He also directed the literary magazines ''El Escarabajo de Oro'' and ''El Ornitorrinco''. He was well regarded in the field of Latin American literature. In 2014 he won the Diamond [[Konex Award]] as the best writer in the last decade in Argentina. Castillo died on May 2, 2017 in [[Buenos Aires]] from [[pneumonia]], aged 82.<ref>[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2019666-murio-el-escritor-abelardo-castillo Murió el escritor Abelardo Castillo] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{commonscat-inline}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070307120211/http://www.literatura.org/Castillo/Castillo.html Biographical details, literatura.org] {{in lang|es}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Castillo, Abelardo}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Argentine writers]] [[Category:South American novelists]] [[Category:Essayists]]