Diego Falconí
Diego Falconí | |
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Falconí in 2013 | |
| Born | 1979 Quito, Ecuador |
| Alma mater | Universidad San Francisco de Quito |
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Diego Falconí Trávez (born in Quito in 1979) is an Ecuadorian lawyer, professor and essayist.[1][2] His areas of study include themes such as gender, sexuality,[3] decolonial theories, Andean studies and sexual dissent.[2] In 2016, he was awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize in the essay category for his book De las cenizas al texto.[4]
Biography
He was born in 1979 in Quito in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador.[2] He studied at the San Francisco University of Quito, where he became a human rights lawyer with a focus on gender and LGBTQIA+ perspectives. He later obtained a doctorate in comparative literature and literary theory at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[5]
He won the 2016 edition of the Casa de las Américas Prize in the essay category for his work De las cenizas al texto. Literaturas andinas de las disidencias sexuales en el siglo XX. The jury awarding the prize described the work as "a deep look in terms of analysis and criticism on the chosen writers and their works."[4][6][7] In the book, Falconí explores the work of authors such as Pablo Palacio, Julieta Paredes, Fernando Vallejo,[8] Jaime Bayly and Adalberto Ortiz.[9]
In 2018, he published as an editor the work Inflexión Marica. Escrituras del descalabro gay en América Latina.[10] The work, which compiles a series of essays by different authors on gay identity and sexual diversity in Latin America from art and literature perspectives, was chosen in 2022 by the newspaper El Universo among its recommended LGBT works by Ecuadorian authors.[11]
Falconí works as a professor and researcher at the College of Jurisprudence of the San Francisco University of Quito. He is also the director of the university's law journal, Iuris Dictio, and co-director of the Intertextos research group.[1]
Personal life
Falconí is openly homosexual and claims the word "maricón" to identify his sexuality. In his opinion, words like "gay" have "classist and colonialist connotations from the Northern Hemisphere".[7][12]
Works
- Las entrañas del sujeto jurídico. Un diálogo entre la literatura y el derecho (2012)[1]
- De las cenizas al texto. Literaturas andinas de las disidencias sexuales en el siglo XX (2016)
Editor
As an editor, Falconí has published the following works:[1]
- Me fui a volver. Narrativas, autorías y lecturas teorizadas de las migraciones ecuatorianas (2014)[13]
- A medio camino. Intertextos entre la literatura y el derecho (2016)
- Inflexión Marica. Escrituras del descalabro gay en América Latina (2018)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Conversatorio sobre el libro 'Inflexión Marica'". Quito Informa. 2019-09-24. Archived from the original on 2019-10-03.
- ^ a b c "Pornoerotismo en la literatura latinoamericana. Diálogo entre Mónica Ojeda y Diego Falconí". Casa Amèrica Catalunya. 2018-05-16. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Una mirada crítica al género y a las sexualidades". El Telégrafo. 2014-01-11. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ a b "Diego Falconí gana el Premio Casa de las Américas 2016 en la categoría ensayo". El Telégrafo. 2016-01-28. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Perfil: Diego Falconí Trávez". El Telégrafo. 2013-01-20. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ Flores, Gabriel (2017-05-30). "El cuerpo, una forma de disidencia". El Comercio. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ a b Flores, Gabriel (2016-02-03). "Diego Falconí: 'Trato de mariconear los estudios andinos'". El Comercio. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ Molina, Miguel (2019). "Diego Falconí Trávez: Escribir para cuyficar la mirada". Revista Temporales. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ Rivera, Fausto (2016-02-08). "Volver cuerpo las cenizas es el proyecto de Diego Falconí Trávez". El Telégrafo. Archived from the original on 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Presentació del llibre 'Inflexión Marica' de Diego Falconí + voguing". Time Out (in Catalan). 2018-10-08. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Universo de libros: obras ecuatorianas que debes leer para conmemorar el 'pride'". El Universo. 2022-06-28. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ ""Quiero pronunciarme desde las identidades que son incómodas"". El Telégrafo. 2017-05-25. Archived from the original on 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "La creación mutante, en 19 voces migrantes". El Comercio. 2014-07-31. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.