Javier Arancibia Contreras is aBrazilian writer. He was born inSalvador in 1976, toChilean parents who went to exile inBrazil following the1973 military coup in Chile.

A former crime reporter, he published his first novelImóbile in 2008. It was a finalist for theSão Paulo Literature Prize. In 2012, he was chosen by Granta magazine as one of the twenty best young Brazilian writers. His most recent novel isCrocodilo (2019).^[1]

• 2002 - Plínio Marcos — A crônica dos que não têm voz (Boitempo), with Fred Maia and Vinicius Pinheiro
• 2008 - Imóbile (7Letras)
• 2011 - O dia em que eu deveria ter morrido (Terceiro Nome)
• 2016 - Soy loco por ti, América (Companhia das Letras)
• 2019 - Crocodilo (Companhia das Letras)

• 21st-century Brazilian writers
• 1976 births
• Living people

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