Amir Hamed

Amir Hamed (11 May 1962 – 20 November 2017) was a Uruguayan writer, essayist and translator.

Background and education
Born in Montevideo, he earned a degree in literature from the University of the Republic and a doctorate in Hispanoamerican literature from Northwestern University.

Works

 * Novels:
 * Artigas Blues Band (1994)
 * Troya Blanda (1996)
 * Semidiós (2001)
 * Febrero 30 (2016)


 * Stories:
 * ¿Qué nos ponemos esta noche? (1992)
 * Buenas noches, América (2003)


 * Essays:
 * Retroescritura (1998)
 * Orientales: Uruguay a través de su poesía Siglo XX (1996)
 * Mal y neomal. Rudimentos de geoidiocia (2007)
 * Porno y post porno (2009, in collaboration with Roberto Echavarren and Ercole Lissardi)


 * Translations:
 * The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher