Javier Payeras

Javier Antonio Payeras (born 6 February 1974 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan poet, novelist, and essayist.

Biography Central American writer (Guatemala 1974). He is one of the writers who emerged after the Guatemalan Civil War as part of the so-called postwar generation. From 1998, he joined an emerging movement called Casa Bizarra, a project of young artists from the post-conflict generation. A tireless promoter of culture, he was coordinator of the Festival Octubreazul in 2000, director of the Contemporary Art Foundation Colloquia, and curator of Project Crea.

Published works Fondo para un disco de John Zorn (poetry, 2013) Soledadbrother (stage adaptation by Luis Carlos Pineda and Josué Sotomayor) Centro Cultural de Spain in Guatemala and Catafixia Editorial (2013 Imágenes para un View-Master (fiction, 2003, 2010) Soledadbrother (poetry, 2003, 2010) Ruido de Fondo (fiction, 2003, 2006) Afuera (fiction, 2006) Las palabras que luego abandonamos (poetry, 2007) Lecturas menores (reviews and literary essays, 2008) Dos de sal Gema / Relatos autodidactas (poetry and narrative, 2008) Días Amarillos (novel, 2009) Post-its de luz sucia (poetry, 2009) La resignación y la asfixia (poetry, 2011) (...) y otros relatos breves (short stories, 2000, 2012) limbo (fiction, 2011) Déjate caer (poetry, 2012) Raktas (fiction, 2000, 2013)