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14 Facts About Federico Andahazi

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Federico Andahazi was born on June 6,1963 and is an Argentine writer and psychologist.

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Federico Andahazi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at Congreso, a very central neighborhood of the city.

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Federico Andahazi is the son of Bela Andahazi, an aristocratic Hungarian poet and psychoanalyst, and Juana Merlin, of Russian-Jewish ancestry.

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Federico Andahazi obtained a bachelor's degree in Psychology ; he practiced psychoanalysis a few years, while he was working on his short stories.

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In 1996, while Andahazi was the finalist of the Planeta Awards, his novel The Anatomist won the First Prize of the Fundacion Fortabat.

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Errante en la sombra was published in 2004; Federico Andahazi wrote more than forty tangos for this story, in which singer Carlos Gardel takes part.

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Therefore, in an unprecedented work, reading and answering thousands of e-mails per week, Federico Andahazi built the story with the various inputs and points of view.

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In 2006, Federico Andahazi was awarded the Planeta Prize for his novel El conquistador.

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Federico Andahazi took part in the book Homage to Diego Maradona together with Roberto Fontanarrosa and Pacho O'Donnell.

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Federico Andahazi has delivered lectures in the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences of the University of Moscow, Russia, and the University of Santos Ossa of Antofagasta, Chile.

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Federico Andahazi has given talks in Stockholm, London, Paris, Istanbul and other cities of Europe, Latin America, and The United States.

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Federico Andahazi has participated in literary congresses in France, Finland, and several cities in Spain among others.

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Federico Andahazi has been invited to book fairs in Guadalajara, Moscow, Pula, Istanbul, Madrid, Barcelona, Buenos Aires and other cities of Argentina.

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Federico Andahazi has written articles published by Clarin, La Nacion, Perfil, Noticias, Veintitres, Lamujerdemivida, Brando, V de Vian, and others in Argentina, USA, Portugal, and Colombia.