Andrés Neuman

He was born in Buenos Aires, in 1977. The son of exiled Argentine musicians, he grew up and studied in Granada, where he moved with his family. He has held dual Spanish-Argentine nationality since he was a child. He has a degree in Hispanic philology, completed doctoral studies and was a professor of Latin American literature at the University of Granada. He has taught courses, workshops and seminars at Oxford, Cambridge, Georgetown, John Hopkins, La Sorbonne, Salamanca, Pompeu Fabra and the University of Buenos Aires, among other universities.
As a writer he was part of the Bogotá 39 list, and was selected by the British magazine Granta as one of the best new writers in Spanish. He has received the Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa; the Alfaguara Prize; the Hiperión, Antonio Carvajal and Federico García Lorca poetry prizes; and the Firecracker Award, given by the community of magazines, independent publishers and bookstores in the United States. He was a finalist for the Herralde Award, reached the shortlist of the International Dublin Literary Award and won a Special Mention from the jury of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, predecessor of the Man Booker International Prize. 
He is the author of the novels Bariloche, La vida en las ventanas, Una vez argentina(Alfaguara); Traveler of the Century, Talking to Ourselves and Fracture (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); from the story books El que espera, El último minuto, Alumbramiento y Hacerse el muerto (Páginas de Espuma); from the satirical dictionary Barbarismos (Páginas de Espuma); from the celebration of the non-canonical bodies Anatomía sensible (Páginas de Espuma); and from the Latin American travel book Cómo viajar sin ver (Alfaguara).
As a poet he has published the poetry collections Métodos de la noche (Hiperión), El jugador de billar (Pre-Textos), El tobogán (Hiperión), Mística abajo (Acantilado), No sé por qué (Pre-Textos) and Vivir de oído (La Bella Varsovia). The edition Década (Acantilado) gathers his poetry between 1998 and 2008, while the edition Casa fugaz (La Bella Varsovia) does the same with his poetic work between 1998 and 2018. 
His most recent published title is Umbilical (Alfaguara). His books have been translated into 25 languages. 

Enzo Maqueira

(Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1977)

He is the author of the novels Higiene sexual del soltero (2023), Hágase usted mismo (2018), Electrónica (2014), El impostor (2011) y Ruda macho (2010), and from the book of chronicles and short stories Historias de putas (2008). Sexual diversity, drugs, polyamory and a critical look at the uses, vices and customs of the middle sectors of society are some of the topics addressed by a work that achieved international recognition with Electrónica, considered "the novel of a generation". With Hágase usted mismo it was a finalist for the Silverio Cañada Award of the Semana Negra (Thriller Week) of Gijón to the best first crime novel in Spanish, and winner of the Ricardo Rojas Special Prize of the City of Buenos Aires. He is a contributor to the newspaper Clarín, and in the magazines Anfibia, Vice and Viva. His work has been translated into English, French, Italian and Portuguese.

In 2013, the Casa de las Américas in Havana, Cuba, invited him to participate in the III Casa Tomada. Encounter of Young Artists and Writers of Latin America and the Caribbean  In 2015 he was invited by the Ministry of Culture of Peru to participate in the Lima Imaginada Conference, which brought together outstanding young writers from Latin America. He was part of the Latin America Viva program of the FIL Guadalajara in 2019. He achieved recognition with Electrónica, considered "the novel of a generation" by portraying the middle-class youth of the early twenty-first century, strongly linked to the rave culture. His most recent novel is Hágase usted mismo, published by Tusquets Editores, finalist of the Silverio Cañada Award of the Semana Negra de Gijón for the best first crime novel in Spanish and winner of the Ricardo Rojas Special Award of the City of 
from Buenos Aires. He is the host of the program Narraciones extraordinarias by Radio Provincia, from the province of Buenos Aires.

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Latin America Viva

Pablo Simonetti

(Santiago de Chile, 1961). Es ingeniero de profesión, y desde 1996 está dedicado por completo a la escritura de cuentos y novelas. En 1999 publicó Vidas vulnerables, mención especial del Premio Municipal de Literatura. En 2004 publicó Madre que estás en los cielos, novela que tuvo un amplio reconocimiento en el país y Latinoamérica, tanto entre el público como la crítica, y fue traducida a varios idiomas. Luego vinieron La razón de los amantes (2007), La barrera del pudor (2009), La soberbia juventud  (2013). En 2014 publicó la novela breve Jardín, que fue elegida como uno de los libros del año por el suplemento Artes y Letras de El Mercurio, y llevada al teatro por Emilia y Héctor Noguera, en 2016. Sus dos novelas más recientes son Desastres naturales (2017) y Los hombres que no fui (2021). Ha dirigido durante once años el prestigioso Taller para Futuros Escritores, que patrocina la Universidad Finis Terrae. Es fundador, expresidente y actual miembro del directorio de Fundación Iguales, ONG dedicada al avance de los derechos de las personas LGBTIQ+. Y también es fundador y actual miembro del directorio de Espacio Público, ONG que se dedica al estudio y diseño de políticas públicas en diversas áreas.
 

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Latin America Viva

Brenda Navarro

Ha sido coordinadora de programas literarios, redactora, guionista y editora. Casas vacías, su primera novela, fue premiada con el Premio Tigre Juan y publicada en ocho idiomas.

Su segunda novela, Ceniza en la boca, se publicó en 2022. Obtuvo el Premio Cálamo a mejor libro del año 2022; el Premio al mejor libro del año, por la Asociación de Librerías de Madrid, y el Premio Todos tus Libros otorgado por la Confederación de Libreros Independientes en España. Además, fue uno de los libros finalistas al Premio de la Bienal Vargas Llosa 2023.  Está siendo traducida a ocho idiomas. Fue parte del International Writing Program de la Universidad de Iowa, y actualmente escribe su tercera novela. 

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Authors and literature in the face of crises
Latin America Viva
Galician Literature