Samanta Schweblin (born 1978) is an

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author currently living in Berlin. She has published three collections of short stories, a novella and a novel, besides stories that have appeared in anthologies and magazines such as '' The New Yorker'', '' Granta'',''

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Life and career

She has won numerous prestigious awards around the world and her books have been translated into more than thirty languages and adapted for film. 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 ''Mouthful of Birds'' (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Pájaros en la boca'') is a short story collection by Samanta Schweblin. Originally published in Spanish, it was translated into English by Megan McDowell in 2019. The stories feature uncanny plo ...

''. 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

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and the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella, and was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize. In 2019 she was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize for the English translation by American literary translator Megan McDowell of ''

''. In 2020 she was again longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, for '' Kentukis'' (''Little Eyes''), also translated by McDowell. Her novel ''Distancia de Rescate'' was adapted into a film by Netflix in 2021, directed by Claudia Llosa and with the screenplay co-written by Llosa and the author. In the winter semester of 2020/2021, she held the Samuel Fischer guest professorship for literature in the Peter Szondi-Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft at the Free University of Berlin.

Bibliography

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

'' (2019) () * 2014, ''Distancia de rescate'' () ** Translated by Megan McDowell as '' Fever Dream'' (2017) () Shirley Jackson Award * 2015, ''Siete casas vacías'' () ** Translated by Megan McDowell as ''Seven Empty Houses'' (2022) () * 2018, ''Kentukis'' () ** Translated by Megan McDowell as ''Little Eyes'' (2020) ()

Awards and honors

* 2022: National Book Award for Translated Literature for ''Seven Empty Houses''

References

External links

Samanta Schweblin's TwitterAgencia Literaria Carmen Balcells
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