Juan Cárdenas (writer)

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Juan Sebastián Cárdenas (born 1978) is a Colombian writer and translator. He was born in

Eça de Queirós and Brazilian author Machado de Assis
.

In 2017, he was named as one of the

Bogota39, a selection of the best young writers in Latin America.[1]

In September 2023 the English translation of El diablo de las provincias (The Devil of the Provinces) was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature.[2]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Zumbido (2010)
  • Los estratos (2013) (VI Premio Otras Voces, Otros Ámbitos)
  • Ornamento (2015); Ornamental trans. Lizzie Davis (Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, 2020)
  • Tú y yo, una novelita rusa (2015)
  • El diablo de las provincias (2017) (Premio de Narrativa José María Arguedas, 2019); The Devil of the Provinces, trans. Lizzie Davis (Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, 2023)
  • Elástico de sombra (2019)
  • Peregrino transparente (2023)

References

  1. ^ Bio
  2. ^ "The 2023 National Book Awards Longlist: Translated Literature". The New Yorker. September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.