Fitzcarraldo Editions is an independent

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based in

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, specialising in literary fiction and long-form essays.

History

Founded in 2014 by Jacques Testard, it focuses on ambitious, imaginative, and innovative writing, both in translation and in the English language. The books are designed by Ray O’Meara, using a custom serif typeface (called Fitzcarraldo). Fitzcarraldo Editions publishes

Svetlana Alexievich Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suff ...

, Alejandro Zambra, Mathias Enard,

Annie Ernaux Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux (; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer, professor of literature and Nobel laureate. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize i ...

, Joshua Cohen,

Alaa Abd el-Fattah Alaa Ahmed Seif Abd-El Fattah ( ar, علاء أحمد سيف الإسلام عبد الفتاح, ; born 18 November 1981), known professionally as Alaa Abd El-Fattah ( ar, علاء عبد الفتاح), is an Egyptian-British blogger, software d ...

Olga Tokarczuk Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk (; born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland; in 2019, she was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize ...

, Jon Fosse, Fernanda Melchor,

Ian Penman Ian Penman (born 1959) is a British writer, music journalist and critic. He began his career as a writer for the ''NME'' in 1977, later contributing to various publications including ''Uncut'', ''Sight & Sound'', ''The Wire'', ''The Face'', an ...

and

Paul B. Preciado Paul B. Preciado (born 11 September 1970 as Beatriz Preciado), is a writer, philosopher and curator whose work focuses on applied and theoretical topics relating to identity, gender, pornography, architecture and sexuality. Originally known as a ...

, among other authors.

References

External links

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