Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Antonio Ungar (born 1974) is a Colombian writer. Born in Bogotá he studied architecture at the National University of Colombia and worked as an architect before deciding to become a full-time writer. He spent some time at the famous Iowa Writing Program, formerly known as the Iowa Writers Workshop, which famous U.S. writers such as Raymond Carver, Philip Roth, and John Cheever attended.He is also the grandson of Hans Ungar, an Austro-Hungarian immigrant who owned the \"Librería Central (The Central Bookstore)\" in Colombia's capital, Bogotá. The library became renowned for attracting various generations of intellectuals to either buy, discuss or steal (supposedly Garcia Marquez deeds) books from it.He has published several collections of short stories and novels. His latest novel \"Three White Coffins\" relates a fictitious political intrigue, and mixes a large amount of factual political events with a fictional hero-antihero character. The main political characters of the novel mirror real recent political leaders of Colombia, suspected of close connections to paramilitary groups."@en }
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- Antonio_Ungar abstract "Antonio Ungar (born 1974) is a Colombian writer. Born in Bogotá he studied architecture at the National University of Colombia and worked as an architect before deciding to become a full-time writer. He spent some time at the famous Iowa Writing Program, formerly known as the Iowa Writers Workshop, which famous U.S. writers such as Raymond Carver, Philip Roth, and John Cheever attended.He is also the grandson of Hans Ungar, an Austro-Hungarian immigrant who owned the \"Librería Central (The Central Bookstore)\" in Colombia's capital, Bogotá. The library became renowned for attracting various generations of intellectuals to either buy, discuss or steal (supposedly Garcia Marquez deeds) books from it.He has published several collections of short stories and novels. His latest novel \"Three White Coffins\" relates a fictitious political intrigue, and mixes a large amount of factual political events with a fictional hero-antihero character. The main political characters of the novel mirror real recent political leaders of Colombia, suspected of close connections to paramilitary groups.".