Alejandro Zambra
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Alejandro Zambra is a poet, fiction writer, and literary critic born in Santiago, Chile
. His first novel, Bonsái, was awarded the Chilean Critics Award for best novel of the year in 2006 and attracted much attention in Chile. As the highly influential Santiago newspaper El Mercurio
summed up, "The publication of Bonsai ... marked a kind of bloodletting in Chilean literature. It was said (or argued) that it represented the end of an era, or the beginning of another, in the nation's letters."
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
. His first novel, Bonsái, was awarded the Chilean Critics Award for best novel of the year in 2006 and attracted much attention in Chile. As the highly influential Santiago newspaper El Mercurio
El Mercurio
El Mercurio is a conservative Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's paper-of-record and its Valparaíso edition is the oldest daily in the Spanish language currently in circulation. El Mercurio is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P...
summed up, "The publication of Bonsai ... marked a kind of bloodletting in Chilean literature. It was said (or argued) that it represented the end of an era, or the beginning of another, in the nation's letters."
Books
- Bahía Inútil [Useless Bay]. Ediciones Stratis, 1998.
- Mudanza [Move, as in "moving house"]. Quid Ediciones, 2003; Ediciones Tácitas, 2008.
- BonsáiBonsai (film)Bonsai is a 2011 Chilean drama film directed by Cristián Jiménez. It premiered during the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Gabriela Arancibia as Bárbara* Cristóbal Briceño as Hippie* Nathalia Galgani as Emilia...
[Bonsai]. Editorial Anagrama, 2006. - La vida privada de los árboles [The Private Life of Trees]. Editorial Anagrama, 2007.
English translations
- Bonsai. Translated by Carolina De Robertis. Melville House PublishingMelville House PublishingMelville House Publishing is an independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The company was founded in 2001 by the husband and wife team of Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians in Hoboken, New Jersey, a location Johnson jokingly called "the Left Bank" of New York City...
, 2008. - The Private Lives of Trees. Translated by Megan McDowell. Open Letter Books, 2010.
External Links
- Audio: Zambra's English-language translator, Carolina de Robertis, Discusses Bonsai Center for the Art of Translation