Samanta Schweblin

1978 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: novel, short story

country of citizenship: Argentina

native language: Spanish

languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish

educated at: University of Buenos Aires

occupation: writer

award received: Casa de las Américas Prize, Premio Juan Rulfo, Tigre Juan award, Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero, Shirley Jackson Award for Novella, Premio Mandarache, Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso, National Book Award for Translated Literature

Samanta Schweblin (born 1978) is an Argentine author currently based in Berlin, Germany. She has published three collections of short stories, a novella and a novel, besides stories that have appeared in anthologies and magazines such as The New Yorker, Granta,The Drawbridge, Harper’s Magazine and McSweeney’s. Source: Wikipedia (en)