Jorge Majfud Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Jorge Majfud
Majfud at Jacksonville University in 2013
Born	(1969-09-10) September 10, 1969 (age 55) Tacuarembo, Uruguay
Education	University of Georgia (MA, PhD)
Period	20th / 21st-century literature
Genre	Western literature

Jorge Majfud, born on September 10, 1969, is a professor and writer from Uruguay who also lives in America. He is known for his novels and essays, which explore important ideas about society and history.

His Life and Education
Recognitions and Influence
His Published Works
- Working with Other Authors
Awards and Achievements
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His Life and Education

Jorge Majfud was born in Tacuarembó, Uruguay. He studied architecture at the University of the Republic in Montevideo, Uruguay, and also attended the National School of Fine Arts.

He traveled a lot to get ideas for his books and essays. He also taught art and math at the University of Costa Rica and a technical school in Uruguay.

In 2003, he went to the University of Georgia in the U.S. There, he earned two advanced degrees: a Master's and a PhD (which is a very high degree). He is part of important groups like the Araucaria review in Spain and the PEN American Center, which supports writers.

He has taught at several universities, including the University of Georgia and Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Currently, he is a professor at Jacksonville University.

Recognitions and Influence

Jorge Majfud has won many awards for his writing and research. These include the Excellence in Research Award in Humanities and Letters in 2006 and the Casa de las Américas prize in 2001. He also received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Professional Activities from Jacksonville University in 2013. In 2019, he won the Independent International Literary Award in Italy.

His books and essays are studied in universities across Europe, the U.S., and Latin America. Many people consider him one of the most important writers of his generation in Uruguay. In 2012, readers of the American magazine Foreign Policy (now EsGlobal in Spanish) named him "The Most Influential Latin American Intellectual."

He has given public talks at many universities and events around the world. In 2024, a magazine called Caras & Caretas in Uruguay reported that Artificial Intelligence recognized Jorge Majfud as one of the ten most recognized Uruguayans globally.

His Published Works

Jorge Majfud has written many books, including novels and essays. Here are some of his publications:

Hacia qué patrias del silencio / memorias de un desaparecido (novel, 1996)
Crítica de la pasión pura (essays, 1998)
La reina de América (novel, 2001)
El tiempo que me tocó vivir (essays, 2004)
La narración de lo invisible / Significados ideológicos de América Latina (essays, 2006)
Perdona nuestros pecados (short stories, 2007)
La ciudad de la Luna (novel, 2009) [1]
Crisis (novel, 2012)
Cyborgs (essays, 2012)
El eterno retorno de Quetzalcoátl, 2012. [2]
Cuentos, audiobook, 2014
Cine político latinoamericano, essays, 2014
Herrmenéutica, essays, 2014
El pasado siempre vuelve, short stories, 2014
Algo salió mal, short stories, 2015
El mar estaba sereno, novel, 2017
USA. ¿Confía Dios en nosotros?, essays, 2017
Neomedievalism. Reflections on the Post-Enlightenment Era, essays, 2018
Tequila, novel, 2018
El mismo fuego, novel, 2019
Perros sí, negros no, essays, 2020
Silicona 5.0, novel, 2020
La frontera salvaje: 200 años de fanatismo anglosajón en América latina, history essay, 2021
La privatización de la verdad. La continuidad de la ideología esclavista en Estados Unidos, essay, 2021
El otoño de la plutocracia estadounidense, essays, 2023
Teología del dinero, essays, 2023
Moscas en la telaraña: Historia de la comercialización de la existencia―y sus medios, essays, 2023
Palestina: El Vietnam de la Generación Alfa", ensayos, 2023.
La prisión sin muros: Reflexiones sobre la crisis de las democracias liberales, ensayos, 2024.
El fin de la Pax Americana, ensayos Universidad de Valencia 2024.
Bosquejo de una teoría del poder: P = d.t. Theory, 2024.
Plutocracia: Tiranosaurios del Antropoceno, essays, 2024.
1976: El exilio del terror. History, 2024.

Working with Other Authors

Jorge Majfud has also contributed to or edited many other books:

2020, Crónicas del coronavirus (Editorial Irreverentes) ISBN: 978-8417481490
2020, Diccionario de autobiografías intelectuales (Universidad Nacional de Lanus) ISBN: 978-987-4937-54-4
2019, Unwanted People (University of Valencia Press, PUV) by Aviva Chomsky. ISBN: 978-84-9134-456-8
2018, Cinco entrevistas a Noam Chomsky (Le Monde Diplomatique / Editorial Aun Creemos en los Sueños) by Michel Foucault, Ignacio Ramonet, Daniel Mermet, Jorge Majfud y Federico Kukso. ISBN: 978-956-340-126-4
2018, "Vsa teža zakona" (Zgodbe iz Urugvaja. Antologija sodobne urugvajske kratke proze/Anthology of contemporary Uruguayan short prose). Translated by Yuri Kunaver. ISBN: 978-961-6970-91-4
2017, The Routledge History of Latin American Culture (Edited by Carlos Manuel Salomon) ISBN: 978-1138902565 Routledge Histories.
2017, Pertenencia. Narradores sudamericanos en Estados Unidos. Antología. (Melanie Márquez Adams, Hemil García Linares, editores). Ars Communis Editorial, Publisher. ISBN: 978-0997289039.
2016, Ruido Blanco. Antología de cuentos de ciencia ficción uruguaya. (Mónica Marchesky, coordinador) ISBN: 9974844347 M Ed.
2013, De la indignación a la rebeldía (con Eduardo Galeano, Carlos Taibo y Slavoj Zizek). ISBN: 9788415353553. Ediciones Irreverentes.
2012. Ilusionistas. , by Noam Chomsky. Edition, translation, and introduction. ISBN: 978-84-15353-46-1. Ediciones Irreverentes.
2012, Antología de Nueva York. ISBN: 978-84-939322-5-1. Ediciones Irreverentes.
2012, Antología de ciencia ficción, 2099. ISBN: 978-84-15353-38-6. Ediciones Irreverentes.
2011, Microantología del Microrrelato III. ISBN: 978-84-15353-15-7.
2011, Truman, Hiroshima. ISBN: 8496959872 (con Eduardo Galeano) Ediciones Irreverentes.
2010, Microantología del Microrrelato II. ISBN: 978-84-96959-76-7.
2010, Entre Orientales y Atlantes. Antología de relatos uruguayo-canaria. ISBN: 9788415019299. Editorial Baile del Sol.
2007, Las palabras pueden. ISBN: 9789280641608. (con Ernesto Sábato, Mario Vargas Llosa, José Saramago y otros ) United Nations Children's Fund (New York: UNICEF-UN).
2008, Los testimonios, de Roque Dalton. ISBN: 9788496225763. Baile del Sol.
2008, Diccionario alternativo. ISBN: 9789507866531. (con Hugo Biagini y Arturo Andrés Roig). Aguilar/Alfaguara.
2007, América Latina hacia su segunda independencia. ISBN: 9789870406976 (con Hugo Biagini y Arturo Andrés Roig. Aguilar / Alfaguara.
1999, Entre siglos/Entre séculos. ISBN: 9974663059.

His stories and articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines around the world. These include El País of Madrid, El País and La República [3] of Montevideo, and Courrier International of Paris [4]. He has also written for The Huffington Post and Milenio of Mexico.

He founded and edited the magazine SigloXXI – reflexiones sobre nuestro tiempo. His essays have been translated into many languages, including Portuguese, French, English, German, Italian, Basque, and Greek. He also edited and translated Ilusionistas, a book by Noam Chomsky, into Spanish in 2012.

He has published many books with famous authors like Slavoj Zizek, Eduardo Galeano, Ray Bradbury, José Saramago, Mario Vargas Llosa, Carlos Fuentes, and Ernesto Sábato.

In November 2019, after a political situation in Bolivia, Jorge Majfud asked the head of the OAS (Organization of American States) to step down. This letter became very popular and was supported by many people in Latin America.

Awards and Achievements

Jorge Majfud has been recognized in several international competitions:

Casa de las Américas Prize: He received a special mention in Havana, Cuba, in 2001 for his novel La Reina de América. The judges praised his intense writing and how he used humor and satire to discuss powerful groups.
Excellence in Research Award: He won this award from the University of Georgia in 2006.
Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Professional Activities: Jacksonville University gave him this award in 2013.
International Latino Book Awards Finalist: He was a finalist for this award in 2014.
Premio Letterario Internazionale Indipendente Award: He won this international literary award in 2019.

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