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Articles and Creative Nonfiction, The Southern Cone

Interview with Samanta Schweblin

 

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Florencia del Campo

Samanta Schweblin (Buenos Aires, 1978) won the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature for her story collection Seven Empty Houses (Siete casa vacías, 2015). The translation of her debut novel, Distancia de rescate (2014; Fever Dream, 2017), was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Her other books include the story collection Pájaros en la boca (2010; Mouthful of Birds, 2019) and the novel Kentukis (2018; Little Eyes, 2020). She lives in Berlin. The original, longer version of this interview originally appeared in Spain’s Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos 864 (Junio 2022).

Florencia del Campo (Buenos Aires, 1982) has lived in Madrid since 2013. She has published the novels La huésped (2016; The Guest), Madre mía (2017; Mother of Mine), and La versión extranjera (2019; The Foreign Version). Her books of poems are Mis hijas ajenas (2020; My Distant Daughters) and Las casas se caen en verano (2022; Houses Collapse in Summer). She organizes creative writing workshops and collaborates in various cultural media.

Megan McDowell

Megan McDowell's translations have won the National Book Award and been nominated four times for the International Booker Prize. She lives in Santiago, Chile.

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