Gabriel Rimachi Sialer

Gabriel Rimachi Sialer (1974 in Lima) is a Peruvian writer, journalist, and archeologist.[1]

Rimachi Sialer is the author of the short story books Despertares nocturnos (2000), Canto en el infierno (2001), Orquideas marchitas (2003) and El color del camaleón (2005). His stories have been published in the anthologies Abofeteando un cadáver (2008) and Asamblea portátil / Muestrario de narradores iberoamericanos (2009), among others. He has run creative writing workshops in the city of Lima since 2005. In 2009 the publishing house Ediciones Altazor published a compendium of his best short stories titled El cazador de dinosaurios.

As an editor Rimachi Sialer has published the short story anthology Nacimos para perder (2007), and he co-edited (with Carlos M. Sotomayor) the anthology 17 cuentos fantásticos (2008), which was named the best short story book of 2008 in Peru.[2] The book includes stories by Peruvian writers born between 1930-1980. Authors who contributed to the anthology include: Carlos Calderón Fajardo, José B. Adolph, Enrique Prochazka, José Güich, Carlos Rengifo, Ricardo Sumalavia, José Donayre, Víctor Miró Quesada Vargas, José de Piérola, Gonzalo Málaga, Marco García Falcón, Santiago Roncagliolo, Fernando Sarmiento, Jeremías Gamboa, Julio César Vega, Lucho Zúñiga and Johann Page.

Rimachi Sialer is currently the editor of the publishing house Casatomada.[3]