Rafael Moreno Casarrubios Rafael Moreno Casarrubios i(A27741 works by)
Born: Established: 1959 Lima,
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Peru,
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South America, Americas,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1988 Departed from Australia: 2001
Heritage: Peruvian
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BiographyHistory

Prior to his move from Peru to Sydney, Australia, Rafael Moreno Casarrubios studied at a Carmelite college, Our Lady of Carmel, and in 1979 completed a BA at Lima's Catholic University with major studies in linguistics and literature. In 1985 he won an open scholarship to Complutense University in Madrid, Spain and was awarded a PhD with High Honours in Hispanic Philology.

Moreno Casarrubios has worked as a teacher, writer, journalist and literary critic. While working as a literary critic of a weekly magazine Oiga he published many articles on contemporary literature. In Australia he has worked as a teacher of Latin-American literature for the Workers Education Association. He has won several short story competitions. Moreno Casarrubios' first novel La Tristeza Segun San Antonio, was published in 1998. He received a second literary grant from the Australian Literary Board for the writing of his second novel, La Salud de I-Tanggi.

In 2001 Moreno Casarrubios returned to Peru, where he continues to reside.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Author writes in these languages: Spanish

Personal Awards

1999 Australia Council Literature Board Grants Grants for Emerging Writers In ordrer to write a series of short stories in Spanish
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