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About Cesar Aira

CÉSAR AIRA was born in Coronel Pringles Argentina in 1949 and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He taught at the University of Buenos Aires (about Copi and Rimbaud) and at the University of Rosario (Constructivism and Mallarmé) and has translated and edited books from France England Italy Brazil Spain Mexico and Venezuela. Perhaps one of the most prolific writers in Argentina and certainly one of the most talked about in Latin America Aira has published more than 100 books to date in Argentina Mexico Colombia Venezuela Chile and Spain which have been translated for France Great Britain Italy Brazil Portugal Greece Austria Romania Russia and the United States. One novel La prueba has been made into a feature film and How I Became a Nun was chosen as one of Argentinas ten best books. Besides essays and novels Aira writes regularly for the Spanish newspaper El País. In addition to winning the 2021 Formentor Prize he has received a Guggenheim scholarship and was shortlisted for the Rómulo Gallegos prize and the Booker International Prize.   The poet and translator Chris Andrews has won the Valle Inclan Prize and the French-American Translation Prize for his work.