CV MALLO
CV MALLO
Ernesto Mallo
Event Organization
Launch of Fila Argentina, 1989.
Founder and Director of BAN! – Buenos Aires Negra
– International Festival of Crime Fiction since 2011.
Founder and Director of Zeitgeist Barcelona and Barcelona Futur –
Festival of Thought – since 2017.
Publications
Bautizo y Otras Desgracias – short stories, EUDEBA, Buenos Aires, 1974
La Aguja en el Pajar – novel, Editorial Planeta, Buenos Aires, 2006
Crimen en el Barrio del Once – novel, Ediciones Siruela, Madrid
Delincuente Argentino – novel, Editorial Planeta, Buenos Aires, 2007
El Policía Descalzo de la Plaza San Martín – Ediciones Siruela, Madrid
El Relicario – novel, Editorial Planeta, Buenos Aires, 2010
Ferrum 100 años – Editorial Franz Vieneger, Buenos Aires, 2011
Los Hombres te han Hecho Mal – Planeta, Buenos Aires, 2012. Also, Ediciones Siruela, Madrid
Me Verás Caer – Del Nuevo Extremo, Buenos Aires, 2013
La Conspiración de los Mediocres – Penguin, Random House, Mondadori; Buenos Aires, 2015. Also, Ediciones Siruela, Madrid, 2015
El Hilo de Sangre – Ediciones Siruela, Madrid, 2017
La Ciudad de la Furia – Ediciones Siruela, Madrid, 2021. Also, Dain Usina Cultural, Buenos Aires, 2021
Perro Viejo – Ediciones Siruela, Madrid, 2024
Translations of His Works
Der Tote von der Plaza Once – novel, Aufbau Verlag, Berlin, 2010
Der Barfußige Polizist von der Calle San Martín – novel, Aufbau Verlag, Berlin, 2010
L’Aiguille dans la Botte de Foin – novel, Payot & Rivages, Paris, 2009
Voyou Argentin – novel, Payot & Rivages, Paris, 2011
Needle in a Haystack – novel, Bitter Lemon Press, London, 2010
Sweet Money – novel, Bitter Lemon Press, London, 2011
L’Ago nel Pagliaio – novel, Semilla Editore, Milan, 2011
The Orwell Brigade – anthology, Heaven Lake Press, Bangkok, 2012
Jehly v kupce sena – Host Publishing House, Brno, 2013
Igla u plastu sijena – Znanje doo, Zagreb, 2013
Argentinski prijestupnicima – Znanje doo, Zagreb, 2013
A Agulha no Palheiro – novel, Letramento, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2017
Delinquente Argentino – Romance, Letramento, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, 2018.
Anthologies
Barcelona Negra – Ediciones Siruela, Madrid, 2016.
Madrid Negro – Ediciones Siruela, Madrid, 2016.
Buenos Aires Noir – Akashic Books, New York, 2017.
Tiempos Negros – Ediciones Siruela, Madrid,2017.
Músicas Negras – Ediciones Siruela, Madrid, 2019.
Translations
Iron John, Robert Bly, Editorial Planeta
Vendredi ou les limbs du pacifique, Alianza Editorial
A Little book about the shadow, Robert Bly, Editorial Planeta
Fire in the Belly, Sam Keen, Editorial Planeta
20 Seconds, Robert Schuman, Editorial Emece.
The Fortunate Pilgrim, Mario Puzzo, Ediciones Navona
Teaching
Storytelling, the power of narrative. Universidad Abierta de Barcelona, 2023/2024
Coordinator of literary workshops in Buenos Aires, 2000–2015
Coordinator of Reading Clubs, Barcelona Libraries, 2015–present
Beijing University, Literary Structure, China, 2019
Literary Structure, the backbone of a novel. Dain Usina Cultural – Buenos Aires, 2013
How to Write a Novel (2019)
École de la 2e Chance, Université Jean-Jaurès
Institut National Universitaire Champollion d’Albi
Lycée Les Arènes, Bellevue, LP Mirail, Rive Gauche
Université de Arles
San Luis Potosí University, Mexico
The Best Profession in the World, French Lyceum Jean Mermoz, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015
400 Years with Shakespeare. Technical Teacher Institute – Buenos Aires, 2000
Narrative as a Journey – Librería Clásica & Moderna – Buenos Aires
New World – Latin America as a Literary Power. Dain Usina Cultural – Buenos Aires, 2014
Conferences
Art and Mobility – Casa Seat Barcelona
Jazz & Crime – Conference series in Barcelona Libraries
Refugees – Conference with Cristina Manresa. University of Barcelona – Faculty of
Law
Crimen real y crimen de Ficción (en conjunto con la Comisaria Cristina Manresa)
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, 2021
Universidad de Barcelona – Facultad de Derecho, 2021.
Ateneu Barcelonés, Barcelona, Spain, 2018
University of Aguascalientes, Mexico, 2016
Borges Criminal. Librería Clásica & Moderna – Buenos Aires, 2011
Criminal Traditions of the Río de la Plata. Librería Clásica & Moderna – Buenos Aires, 2012
Cinematography
Screenplay: La Aguja en el Pajar, Delicias Producciones Audiovisuales, Spain – 2006
Screenplay: Maidana Con Todo, in collaboration with Juan Carlos Desanzo – 2007
Screenplay: Delincuente Argentino, Alberto Trigo Productions
Screenplay: Los Hombres te han hecho mal, Cinemagroup, 2012
Theater
La Vacuna, 1973, Teatro de Arte de Mar del Plata. Authorship, production, and direction.
El Barrio, 1974, Teatro de Arte de Mar del Plata. Authorship, production, and direction.
Acting Instructor at Alejandra Boero’s School of Dramatic Art, 1975–1981.
¡Qué mambo el de Colón!, 1982, Teatro Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires. Authorship, production, and
direction.
4 Cuadros, 1990, Palladium, Authorship and direction.
Awards
1973 – Culture for Liberation Award – University of Buenos Aires – Jurors: Rodolfo Walsh, Juan José Franco
Walsh, Juan José Franco
2004 – Clarín Novel Award – La Aguja en el Pajar – 1st Mention – Jurors: Andrés Rivera,
Antonio Skármeta, Ángeles Mastreta
2007 – Memorial Silverio Cañada Award – Semana Negra, Gijón, Spain. Jurors: Paco Camarasa, Bernardo Fernández (BEF), and Fernando Marías
2010 – SNCF Grand Prix de Polar, Paris, France
2011 – Daggers Award, Crime Writers Association, London
Collaborations
- Argentina
- Clarín
- Radar
- Página 12
- Perfil
- Revista Ñ
- Spain
- El País
- Babel
- La Vanguardia
