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Martínez was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He gained a PhD in mathematical logic at the University of Buenos Aires, where he currently teaches. Plaza Rivadavia Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south east of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, head town of Bahia Blanca Partido. ... Mathematical logic is a discipline within mathematics, studying formal systems in relation to the way they encode intuitive concepts of proof and computation as part of the foundations of mathematics. ... The Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) is the biggest university in Argentina, founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires. ...

After his degree in Argentina, he worked for two years in a postdoctoral position at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford. His most successful novel has been The Oxford Murders, written in 2003. In the same year, he was awarded the Planeta Prize for this novel, which has been translated into a number of languages including. The book is due to appear as a film in 2007, directed by Alex de la Iglesia. The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Oxford Murders is a thriller film adapted from award-winning novel by the Argentinean writer Guillermo Martinez, directed by Álex de la Iglesia and starring John Hurt and Elijah Wood. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Oxford Murders is a thriller film adapted from an award-winning novel by the Argentinean writer Guillermo Martinez. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Álex de la Iglesia (born December 4, 1965) is a Spanish film director. ...

Books

• Vast Hell (Infierno grande, 1989) — short stories
• Regarding Roderer (Acerca de Roderere, 1993) — novel
• The Woman of the Master (La mujer del maestro, 1998) — novel
• Borges and Mathematics(Borges y las matemáticas, 2003) — essays
• The Oxford Murders (Crímenes imperceptibles, 2003) — novel
• The Immortality Formula (La fórmula de la inmortalidad, 2005) — essays

References

• Williams. Michael, Fiction by numbers: Interview with Guillermo Martinez, Cherwell, 27 January 2006.

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External links

• Guillermo Martínez website (Spanish)
• Biography (English)
• Fantastic Fiction entry