Samanta Schweblin (born 1978) is an Argentine author currently based in

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, Germany. She has published three collections of short stories, a novella and a novel, besides stories that have appeared in anthologies and magazines such as ''

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'','' The Drawbridge'', ''

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'' and '' McSweeney’s''. She has won numerous awards around the world and her books have been translated into more than forty languages and adapted for film.

Life and career

In 2002, Schweblin published her first book ''El núcleo del Disturbio'' (The Nucleus of Disturbances), which won an award from Argentina's National Endowment for the Arts. In 2008, she won the '' Casa de las Americas'' award for her short-story collection '' Mouthful of Birds''. Her third collection of short-stories, ''Siete casas vacías'' (Seven Empty Houses) was published in 2015. Her first novel ''Distancia de Rescate'', literally “Rescue distance”, but translated into English as ''Fever Dream'', won the 2015 Tigre Juan Award and the 2017

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for Best Novella, and was shortlisted for the 2017

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. In 2019, she was nominated for the

for the English translation by American literary translator

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of '' Mouthful of Birds''. In 2020, she was again longlisted for the

, for '' Kentukis'' (''Little Eyes''), also translated by McDowell. Her novel ''Distancia de Rescate'' was adapted into a film by

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in 2021, directed by

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and with the screenplay co-written by Llosa and the author. In the winter semester of 2020/2021, she held the

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guest professorship for literature in the Peter Szondi-Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft at the

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. In 2022, she won the

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for ''Seven Empty Houses''. A further collection of stories, ''Good and Evil and Other Stories'', is due to be released in English in August 202

Bibliography

* 2002, ''El núcleo del disturbio'' () * 2009, ''Pájaros en la boca'' () ** Also published as ''La Furia de las pestes'' () ** Translated by

as '' Mouthful of Birds'' (2019) () * 2014, Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin novel), ''Distancia de rescate'' () ** Translated by

as '' Fever Dream'' (2017) ()

* 2015, ''Siete casas vacías'' () ** Translated by

as ''Seven Empty Houses'' (2022) () * 2018, ''Kentukis'' () ** Translated by

as ''Little Eyes'' (2020) ()

Awards and honors

* 2022:

for ''Seven Empty Houses'' * 2024:

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International Writer

References

External links

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Samanta Schweblin's TwitterThe Writer's House
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