Mariana Enríquez Explained

Mariana Enríquez
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alma Mater:National University of La Plata

Mariana Enríquez (born 1973) is an Argentine journalist, novelist, and short story writer. She is a part of the group of writers known as "new Argentine narrative".[1] Her short stories fall within the horror and gothic genres[2] and have been published in international magazines such as Granta, Electric Literature,[3] Asymptote, McSweeney's,[4] Virginia Quarterly Review, and The New Yorker.[5] [6]

Early life

Enríquez was born in 1973 in Buenos Aires,[7] and grew up in Valentín Alsina, a suburb in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.[8] Parts of her family hail from North-Eastern Argentina (Corrientes and Misiones) and Paraguay.[9] Enríquez would later move alongside her family to La Plata, where she became part of the local literary and punk scenes. This would inspire her to study journalism with a focus on rock music.[10]

Career

Mariana Enríquez holds a degree in Journalism and Social Communication from the National University of La Plata. She is a journalist and the deputy editor of the Arts and Culture section of Página 12,[11] [12] and she teaches at literature workshops.

Enríquez has published four novels, including: Bajar es lo peor (Espasa Calpe, 1995), Cómo desaparecer completamente (Emecé, 2004) and Nuestra parte de noche (Anagrama, 2019). She is also the author of two short story collections, Los peligros de fumar en la cama (Emecé, 2009) and Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego (Editorial Anagrama, 2016), and the novelette Chicos que vuelven (Eduvim, 2010). Her stories have appeared in anthologies of Spain, Mexico, Chile, Bolivia and Germany.[13]

In 2017, Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego was translated into English by Megan McDowell, and published as Things We Lost in the Fire by Portobello Books[14] in the U.K. and Hogarth[15] in the U.S. McDowell also translated the earlier Los peligros as The Dangers of Smoking in Bed in 2021.

In 2019, she won the Premio Herralde for her fourth novel, Nuestra parte de noche (translated as Our Share of Night).[16] [17] In 2024 she won the Platinum Konex Award for her work in the last decade in Argentina.[18]

Bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

Collections

Novelettes

Short stories

YearTitleFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
2009data-sort-value="intoxicated years" The WellThe Dangers of Smoking in BedWeb site: The Well. 2019-01-15. Southern Review. en-US. 2020-03-17. Translated by Megan McDowell
Our Lady of the QuarryTranslated by Megan McDowell . December 21, 2020 . . The New Yorker . 96 . 41 . 60–64 . 2023-01-16-->. Translated by Megan McDowell
2016data-sort-value="well" The Intoxicated YearsWeb site: The Intoxicated Years. 2015-10-05. Granta Magazine. en-US. 2019-08-05. Things We Lost in the FireTranslated by Megan McDowell
SpiderwebThings We Lost in the FireTranslated by Megan McDowell . December 19–26, 2016 . . The New Yorker . 92 . 42 . 106-113 . 2017-04-15-->. Translated by Megan McDowell

Non-fiction

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012-10-25 . Algunos nuevos escritores argentinos que usted no conoce (y debería conocer) . 2023-06-29 . LA NACION . es.
  2. Web site: Fragmento de "Los años intoxicados", de Mariana Enriquez .
  3. Web site: electricliterature . 2017-02-21 . The Dark Themes of Mariana Enriquez . 2023-06-29 . Electric Literature . en-US.
  4. Web site: Interviews with the Authors of McSweeney’s 46: The Latin American Crime Issue: Mariana Enriquez . 2023-06-29 . McSweeney's Internet Tendency . en.
  5. News: Wallace . David S. . 2016-12-12 . Mariana Enriquez on the Fascination of Ghost Stories . en-US . The New Yorker . 2023-06-29 . 0028-792X.
  6. News: Enriquez . Mariana . 2016-12-11 . “Spiderweb” . en-US . The New Yorker . 2023-06-29 . 0028-792X.
  7. Web site: Mariana Enríquez. Instituto Cervantes. 26 June 2022. es.
  8. Web site: Mariana Enriquez, orgullo de Valentín Alsina, ganó el premio Herralde: el mundo privado de una enorme escritora. La Unión de Lanús. Riera. Daniel. 5 November 2019. 26 June 2022. es.
  9. Web site: Mariana Enriquez: "Nunca practiqué ningún rito ni creo en lo sobrenatural". La Voz del Interior. Mattio. Javier. 1 March 2020. 26 June 2022. es.
  10. Web site: "No quiero que me saquen las pesadillas". https://web.archive.org/web/20171007152600/https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/04/27/babelia/1461752532_057036.html. El País. 3 May 2016. 7 October 2017. Guerriero. Leila. es.
  11. Web site: Mariana Enriquez.
  12. News: Allfree . Claire . 2024-09-15 . Mariana Enriquez: ‘In Argentina, an entire generation was gaslighted’ . 2024-10-13 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
  13. Web site: Sobre los autores. 26 September 2012. 28 October 2018.
  14. Web site: Things We Lost in the Fire. Granta Books. 2019-08-05.
  15. Web site: Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. PenguinRandomhouse.com. en-US. 2019-08-05.
  16. Web site: Friera . Silvina . 5 Dec 2019 . 2019 . Mariana Enriquez ganó el Premio Herralde . Página 12.
  17. Web site: Mariana Enriquez . 2023-06-26 . Granta . en-US.
  18. Web site: Mariana Enriquez - Platinum Konex Award 2024 . Fundación Konex.
  19. News: Russell . Benjamin P. . 2023-02-06 . Reveling in the Eerie and the Spooky, but Finding ‘True Horror’ in Real Life . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-06-26 . 0362-4331.
  20. News: Blakemore . A. K. . 2024-09-26 . A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enríquez review – gothic horror with a twist . 2024-10-13 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  21. Web site: Hunt . Samantha . 2024-09-13 . Book Review: ‘A Sunny Place for Shady People,’ by Mariana Enriquez . 2024-10-13 . The New York Times.
  22. Web site: Where I write . . . Mariana Enriquez channels the spirits of Capote and Dali on the Costa Brava . 2024-10-13 . Financial Times.

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