Edmundo Paz Soldán

Edmundo Paz-Soldán
Paz Soldán, 2011
Born (1967-03-29) 29 March 1967
Cochabamba,  Bolivia
NationalityBolivian
GenreNovels, short stories, essays
Literary movementMcOndo
Notable awardsNational Book Award (Premio Nacional de Novela, Bolivia)
2002
Juan Rulfo Prize
1997
Erich Guttentag prize
1991? 1992?

José Edmundo Paz-Soldán Ávila (Cochabamba, 29 March 1967) is a Bolivian writer. His work is a prominent example of the Latin American literary movement known as McOndo, in which the magical realism of previous Latin American authors is supplanted by modern realism, often with a technological focus. His work has won several awards. He has lived in the United States since 1991, and has taught literature at Cornell University since 1997.