Alejandro Saravia (writer)


Alejandro Saravia is a Bolivian-Canadian writer, born in Cochabamba on February 9, 1962.

Biography

Born in 1962 in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saravia currently lives in Brossard, Quebec, Canada, and works as a journalist in Montreal. He studied Communication at the Catholic University, and Literature at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, as well as at the University of Montreal and the University of Ottawa.
The publication of his novel, Rojo, amarillo y verde, which is about the last Bolivian coup d'État and the experiences of its central character, Alfredo Cutipa, in Canada, made him one of the contemporary Latino-Canadians dedicated to the topic of immigration and identity construction in a multicultural context.
In addition to participating in literary conferences and readings in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver, he has taken part in events such as Havana's Festival of Poetry and Art, the Rhythm and Colour Festival at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre, Yellow Door Readings, and Montreal's international literary festival, Metropolis Bleu. Some of his writings have been published in magazines and newspapers in Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa. He has also been part of electronic publications edited in Mexico, Boston, and Caracas.
His writing also figures in a number of collective works and anthologies such as Borealis Antología Literaria de El Dorado, Dieciocho voces de la poesía hispano-canadiense, Cuentos de nuestra palabra en Canadá: primera hornada, Las imposturas de Eros, cuentos de amor en la posmodernidad, The Fourth River Retrato de una nube, Primera antología del cuento hispano canadiense, La poésie prend le métro and Boreal, Antología de poesía latinoamericana en Canadá.
He is currently a member of the editorial collective of The Apostles Review, a Montreal-based literary publication that comes out twice a year.

List of works