Francisco Ortega

Francisco Ortega (born Victoria, July 11, 1974) is a Chilean journalist, novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and editor.

He works as a non-fiction editor, content advisor and contributor to magazines such as Rolling Stone and VIVE. Ortega also writes for different production companies and TV channels. He is the author of the novels 60 Kilómetros, El Número Kaifman, El Horror de Berkoff, the short story collection CHIL3, and the graphic novel 1899, which was one of the top 10 best-selling books in Chile for over 8 consecutive weeks.^[1] His short stories have been published in various anthologies^[2]

In 2008 he starts working on his most successful novel to date: Logia (Lodge), published by Planeta (2014). It soon became one of Chile’s best-selling books for over 25 weeks.^[3] Following that record, the same publishers launch (2015) a remake of Número Kaifman (2006) known as Verbo Kaifman. Both Logia and Verbo Kaifman reached the top 10 for Chile's best-selling books on jan. 2015.^[4]

He is currently a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he teaches editing.^[5]

Awards and Honors

• 2009. CNTV. Serie Adiós al Séptimo de Linea.
• 2009. Council of Arts and Culture. Creative Writing Scholarship. Novel El Horror de Berkoff.
• 2008. Named as 100 LEADERS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. Revista El Sábado, El Mercurio y Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.
• 2006. CORFO for feature film development, Victoria.
• 2006. La Fabrica Prize, for feature script, Victoria.
• 2003. Award for Excellence in Journalism 2003. Universidad Alberto Hurtado, for his critique of the movie "El Gran Pez".
• 1998. Finalist of the Paula Short Story Contest.
• 1992. 2nd Place, First Young Writers Contest, Editorial Los Andes/TVN.

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