{"id":2713,"date":"2015-07-30T11:56:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T16:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/21stcenturyartivism.sites.carleton.edu\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2023-03-15T18:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T18:07:18","slug":"german-sierra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/21stcenturyartivism.sites.carleton.edu\/en\/fictional-works\/german-sierra\/","title":{"rendered":"Germ\u00e1n Sierra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germ\u00e1n Sierra<\/strong>\u00a0obtuvo su maestr\u00eda y doctorado\u00a0en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela antes de hacer una\u00a0investigaci\u00f3n posdoctoral en\u00a0neurociencia cognitiva en el instituto para la investigaci\u00f3n del cerebro de UCLA (California, EEUU). Ahora trabaja en el departamento de bioqu\u00edmica y biolog\u00eda molecular en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Sus investigaciones cient\u00edficas han sido publicadas en revistas importantes de la neurociencia y la neurolog\u00eda y tambi\u00e9n en libros en ingl\u00e9s y castellano.<\/p>\n

Como escritor, Germ\u00e1n Sierra est\u00e1 sumamente interesado en la ficci\u00f3n contempor\u00e1nea experimental.\u00a0Forma parte de los movimientos \u00abMutantes\u00bb o \u00abAfterpop writers\u00bb: un grupo de escritores espa\u00f1oles a quienes se interesa mucho la literatura innovadora. La mayor\u00eda de sus trabajos de ficci\u00f3n se tratan de la metamediatica y el papel de la ciencia y la tecnolog\u00eda como un discurso cultural en sociedades pos-posmodernos y poshumanos.<\/p>\n

Germ\u00e1n Sierra ha publicado 5 novelas (\u201cEl espacio aparentemente perdido\u201d, Debate, Spain, 1996; \u201cLa felicidad no da el dinero\u201d, Debate, Spain, 1999; \u201cEfectos secundarios\u201d, Debate, Spain, 2000, \u201cIntente usar otras palabras\u201d, Mondadori, Spain, 2009, \u201cStandards\u201d, P\u00e1lido Fuego, Spain, 2013) y un relato de cuentos\u00a0(\u201cAlto voltaje\u201d, Mondadori, Spain, 2004). \u00abEfectos secundarios\u00bb recibi\u00f3 el Premio Ja\u00e9n en 2000. Adem\u00e1s, sus trabajos han sido publicados en varias antolog\u00edas, en\u00a0ingl\u00e9s y castellano, y sus ensayos pueden encontrarse en diversos libros sobre la cultura contempor\u00e1nea, la tecnolog\u00eda y la escritura.<\/p>\n

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Germ\u00e1n Sierra<\/strong> got his MD and PhD degrees at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) before doing postdoctoral research in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Brain Research Institute in UCLA. He currently works in\u00a0the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).\u00a0His scientific research has been published in major Neuroscience and Neurology journals, as well as in several Neuroscience and Neurology books both in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n

As a writer, Germ\u00e1n Sierra is extremely\u00a0interested in contemporary experimental fiction. He is part the\u00a0\u201cMutantes\u201d and\u00a0\u201cAfterpop writers\u201d movements : a group of Spanish writers interested in\u00a0innovative literature. Most of his fictional work deals with metamediatics and the role of science and technology as cultural discourses in post-postmodern and posthuman societies.<\/p>\n

Germ\u00e1n Sierra has published five novels (El espacio aparentemente perdido<\/em>, Debate, Spain, 1996; La felicidad no da el dinero<\/em>, Debate, Spain, 1999; Efectos secundarios<\/em>, Debate, Spain, 2000, Intente usar otras palabras<\/em>, Mondadori, Spain, 2009, Standards<\/em>, P\u00e1lido Fuego, Spain, 2013) and a book of short stories (Alto voltaje<\/em>, Mondadori, Spain, 2004). Efectos secundarios<\/em>\u00a0was awarded with the Jaen Prize in 2000. His fictional work has been published in several anthologies, both in Spanish and English, and his essays can be found in several books on\u00a0contemporary culture, technology and writing.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Source:\u00a0http:\/\/germansierra.tumblr.com\/bio<\/a><\/p>\n

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