Juan Cárdenas (writer)
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
- ^ Bio
- ^ "The 2023 National Book Awards Longlist: Translated Literature". The New Yorker. September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.