Joaquín Barañao Explained

Birth Name:José Joaquín Barañao Díaz
Birth Date:6 January 1982
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Occupation:Writer
Language:Spanish
Genre:Non-fiction
Awards:2017 - Best book by the Instituto de Historia y Estadística del Fútbol Chileno

Joaquín Barañao Díaz (Santiago, Chile, January 6, 1982) is a Chilean writer and podcaster, who specialized in books and podcasts about history. Specifically on freak fun facts about different topics.

Biography

Barañao attended to Colegio San Ignacio El Bosque (1987–1999)[1] and then civil engineering at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2000-2006), where he got a degree in hydraulic engineering.[2] [3]

Career

His first job was as an advisor to Andrés Allamand, then senator of the XVI district[4] (2006–2010). Then worked in the government of Sebastián Piñera, first in the President's cabinet and later in the cabinet of the undersecretary of the interior, Rodrigo Ubilla, coordinating the reform of the migratory legislation (2011–2014).[5] He has provided advice on matters related to the Chile/Argentina 2030 Strategic Forum project.[6]

Writer

His first book started to take form in 2003, when he began compiling anecdotes and curious facts in a website.[7] Only eleven years later, in December 2014, he published his first book on Amazon.com Historia universal freak (A Freak World History), which a year later was released in paperback by Planeta Group.[8] The book narrates the history from the Big Bang to the present, through curious facts. The first volume remained 20 weeks in the El Mercurio non fiction bestselling list .[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] A second volume of the work, was published in December 2016[14] and remained in the aforementioned list for seven weeks.[15]

Historia freak del fútbol (A Freak History of Soccer) was released in May 2016,[16] and appeared three weeks in the same ranking.[17] In June 2017, that book was rewarded by the Instituto de Historia y Estadística del Fútbol Chileno as the best soccer book of the year.[18]

In July 2017 was released Historia freak de la música (A Freak History of Music), point at which Barañao declared that his next projects were a book about the history of film for 2018, and then another one about the history of Chile.[19] Historia Freak de la Música was in the bestselling list for two weeks.[20] [21]

Style

Barañao concentrates long periods of time in middle-sized books, originating text of very high density of information and numerous curiosities, each of which is contains a bibliographic reference. The general tone is playful, ironic and irreverent, with continuous references to humour and sarcasm[22] [23] Barañao acknowledges in his work the influence of the writer Bill Bryson.[24]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: spanish. Marambio. Fernando. Ingeniero argumentó por qué Messi es mejor que Maradona. 23 July 2017. Las Últimas Noticias. 20 May 2016. 76.
  2. News: spanish. Escritor Joaquín Barañao: "Los datos freak son un gancho para encantar a la gente joven". 23 July 2017. La Prensa Austral. 16 February 2017.
  3. Web site: Asamblea Anual SOCHID 2016. Sociedad Chilena de Ingeniería Hidráulica. 17 June 2016. 23 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20181116044902/http://www.sochid.cl/2016/06/17/asamblea-anual-sochid-2016/. 16 November 2018. dead.
  4. Web site: Modificación Ley de Riego. Senate of Chile. Senate of Chile. 5 May 2008. 25 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Clase abierta: "Una Historia Freak de la Vida Urbana" por Joaquín Barañao. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 4 August 2016. 23 July 2017.
  6. Web site: Chile Portal de Transparencia. 2022-02-13. www.portaltransparencia.cl.
  7. Web site: José Joaquín Barañao. Planeta Group. 28 October 2017.
  8. News: spanish. Historia Universal Freak, las curiosidades recopiladas por José Joaquín Barañao. 23 July 2017. Televisión Nacional de Chile. 22 December 2015.
  9. News: spanish. Ranking de Libros. 23 July 2017. El Mercurio. 25 December 2016.
  10. News: spanish. Ranking de Libros. 23 July 2017. El Mercurio. 24 April 2016.
  11. News: spanish. Ranking de Libros. 27 August 2017. El Mercurio. 15 May 2016.
  12. News: spanish. Ranking de Libros. 23 July 2017. El Mercurio. 10 January 2016. 27 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170827215636/http://impresa.elmercurio.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2016-01-10&dtB=22-07-2017%200:00:00&PaginaId=11&bodyid=6. dead.
  13. News: spanish. Ranking de Libros. 23 July 2017. El Mercurio. 29 January 2017.
  14. http://diario.elmercurio.com/2016/12/03/actividad_cultural/actividad_cultural/noticias/7F95D74F-1BE7-48D4-8915-1CC5839BFF2E.htm?id={7F95D74F-1BE7-48D4-8915-1CC5839BFF2E} Maite Manzanares. «Los nuevos 763 datos freak de Joaquín Barañao»
  15. News: spanish. Ranking de Libros. 23 July 2017. El Mercurio. 22 January 2017.
  16. News: spanish. Joaquín Barañao detalló la propuesta del libro "Historia freak del fútbol". 23 July 2017. CNN. 26 May 2016.
  17. News: spanish. Ranking de Libros. 22 August 2017. El Mercurio. 19 June 2016. 22 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170822093650/http://impresa.elmercurio.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=19-06-2016%200:00:00&NewsID=412611&dtB=21-08-2017%200:00:00&BodyID=6&PaginaId=11. dead.
  18. News: spanish. Fajardo. Marcos. Historia Freak del Fútbol fue elegido como el mejor libro de fútbol del 2017. 23 July 2017. El Mostrador. 7 July 2017.
  19. News: spanish. Cifuentes Fuentes. Martín. Joaquín Barañao lanza libros de anécdotas musicales y prepara otro sobre cine. 9 August 2017. El Mercurio. 9 August 2017. 9 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809172417/http://impresa.elmercurio.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2017-08-09&dtB=09-08-2017%200:00:00&PaginaId=12&bodyid=3. dead.
  20. News: spanish. Ranking de Libros. 20 August 2017. El Mercurio. 20 August 2017.
  21. News: spanish. Ranking de Libros. 13 September 2017. El Mercurio. 13 September 2017.
  22. News: spanish. Matamala. Tito. "Ese afan de patear una bola, donde sea". Diario El Sur. 29 May 2016.
  23. News: spanish. Aldo Schiappacasse. Pasto para eruditos. 23 July 2017. El Mercurio. 30 May 2016.
  24. News: spanish. Friera. Silvina. "Llevo una vida con el radar siempre prendido". 27 July 2017. Página/12. 24 July 2017.

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