Born:(1947-08-02) August 2, 1947 (age 78), Resistencia, Argentina
Awards:Premio Nacional de Novela (Mexico, 1983), Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1993), Premio Grandes Viajeros (Spain, 2000), Doctorate honoris causa, University of Poitiers (2007), Grinzane Cavour Prize (2007), Giuseppe Acerbi Book Award (Italy, 2009)