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Alberto Laiseca was born in Rosario in 1941. He is author of the novels Su turno para morir (Your Turn to Die), 1976; Aventuras de un novelista atonal (The Adventures of an Atonal Novelist), 1982; La hija de Kheops (Kheop’s Daughter), El jardín de las máquinas parlantes (The Garden of the Speaking Machines), 1993; and the monumental saga Los Sorias (The Sorias), published by Simurg in 1998 and awarded the Boris Vian Prize. He also published a book of short stories called Matando enanos a garrotazos (Clubbing Midgets to Death), 1982, a collection of poetry titled Poemas chinos (Chinese Poems), 1987, and the essay Por favor, ¡plágieme! (Plagiarize me, Please!), published in 1991. Many of his short stories are included in both Argentinean and Spanish anthologies. Laiseca received the Guggenheim Grant in 1991.