Guillermo Saccomanno

Guillermo Saccomanno (born 1948 in Mataderos, Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian writer.

Works

Film scripts

• Under Flag (Spanish: Bajo bandera) (1997), dir. Juan José Jusid
• 24 hours (Something is about to explode) [es] (1997), dir. Luis Barone

Awards

• National Literature Prize of Argentina [es] (2000)
• Municipal Short Story Award
• Crisis Prize for Latin American Narrative
• Club of the XIII Award
• Premio Biblioteca Breve for The Office Worker (El oficinista) (2010)
• Hammett Prize (2009) from the Gijón Black Week [es] for 77^[1]
• Hammett Prize (2013) from the Gijón Black Week for Cámara Gesell (Gesell Dome)^[2]
• Konex Platinum Award (2014) as the best novelist of the period 2008-2010^[3]
• Alfaguara Prize (2025), for The Wind Will Arrive^[4]