Fresh rain under the flamboyant: Interview with Gustavo Guerrero

Abstract

Writer, essayist, poet, professor and literary advisor for the French publishing house Gallimard, Gustavo Guerrero is already an inescapable reference in Latin American literature. Born in Caracas in 1957, he decided early on to complete his studies in Europe and pursue a literary life in Paris. He was awarded the Anagrama Prize in 2008 for his essay Historia de un encargo: La catira de Camilo José Cela. Due to his tremendous work as an academic, editor and writer -over the years- he was distinguished with the order of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres de France, whose ceremony took place on April 10, 2019 at the Maison de l'Amérique Latine in Paris. Through the prestigious Gallimard House, Guerrero has edited and disseminated several Latin American works, which has been an incentive for the internationalization of such literature. He currently teaches at the Université de Cergy-Pontoise. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Gustavo Guerrero for his kindness and for his willingness to conduct this interview. I share here, in the following pages, all his answers.