Fernando Vallejo - Selected Works

Selected Works

  • "El reino misterioso o Tomás y las abejas" - (1975). In Pilo Tamirano Luca: 2o. Concurso Nacional de Obras de Teatro. México, DF: IMSS.
  • Logoi: una gramática del lenguaje literario (1983) ISBN 968-16-1324-4
  • Barba Jacob, el mensajero (1984) ISBN 968-7234-00-8
  • The Blue Days - Los días azules (1985) ISBN 958-614-229-9
  • The Secret Fire - El fuego secreto (1987) ISBN 958-614-197-7
  • The Roads to Rome - Los caminos a Roma (1988) ISBN 958-614-261-2
  • Years of Indulgence - Años de indulgencia (1989) ISBN 958-614-299-X
  • El mensajero (1991) ISBN 958-614-325-2
  • Among ghosts - Entre fantasmas (1993) ISBN 958-614-378-3
  • La virgen de los sicarios - (1994) ISBN 958-24-0141-9
  • Chapolas negras (1995) ISBN 958-24-0283-0
  • The Darwinist Tautology - La tautología darwinista (1998)
  • The Precipice - El desbarrancadero (2001) ISBN 958-8061-62-8
  • Rambla Paralela- "La rambla paralela" (2002) ISBN 84-204-4457-X
  • My Brother the Mayor - Mi hermano el alcalde (2003) ISBN 84-204-0097-1
  • Brief Handbook of Impostorology in Physics- "Manualito de imposturología física" (2005)
  • The Whore of Babylon- "La puta de Babilonia" (2007) ISBN 970-37-0326-7

He received the Rómulo Gallegos Prize in 2003, one of the most prestigious prizes for Literature in the Spanish language for El desbarrancadero and, protesting the political climate in Venezuela, donated the cash from the award to Caracas's dogs. Acceptance speech at the Romulo Gallegos prize, in Spanish:

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