Mariana Enríquez

Mariana Enríquez (Buenos Aires, 1973) is an Argentine journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

Mariana Enríquez
Born1973
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
Alma materNational University of La Plata
OccupationJournalist, Novelist, and Short Story Writer
Known forAuthor of Los peligros de fumar en la cama (Emecé, 2009) and the novelette Chicos que vuelven (Eduvim, 2010)

Mariana Enríquez holds a degree in Journalism and Social Communication from the National University of La Plata. She works as a journalist and is the deputy editor of the arts and culture section of the newspaper Página/12 an she dictates literature workshops.[1] She has published the novels: Bajar es lo peor (Espasa Calpe, 1995), Cómo desaparecer completamente (Emecé, 2004) and Nuestra parte de noche (Anagrama, 2019). She has also written the short story books: Los peligros de fumar en la cama (Emecé, 2009), 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.[2]

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 in by Portobello Books[3] in the U.K. and Hogarth[4] in the U.S.

In 2019 she won the Herralde Prize for her book Our part of the night.[5]

Bibliography

Short stories
  • Enríquez, Mariana (2009). The Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Emecé.
  • Enríquez, Mariana (2016). Things We Lost in the Fire. Anagrama.[6]

Novels
  • Enríquez, Mariana (1995). Bajar es lo peor. Espasa-Calpe.
  • Enríquez, Mariana (2004). Cómo desaparecer completamente. Emecé.
  • Enríquez, Mariana (2017). Éste es el mar. Random House.
  • Enríquez, Mariana (2020). Nuestra parte de noche. Anagrama.

Novelettes
  • Enríquez, Mariana (2019). Ese verano a oscuras. Páginas de Espuma. Illustrated by Helia Toledo.

Non-fiction
  • Enríquez, Mariana (2014). Alguien camina sobre tu tumba: Mis viajes a cementerios. Galerna.
  • Enríquez, Mariana (2018). La hermana menor: Un retrato de Silvina Ocampo. Anagrama.

Work in translation
  • Enríquez, Mariana (2017). Things We Lost in the Fire. Translated by Megan McDowell. Portobello Books.[7]
  • Enríquez, Mariana (2021). The Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Translated by Megan McDowell. Penguin Random House.[8]

Individual stories
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
"The Intoxicated Years" 2015 Granta[9] Things We Lost in the Fire translated by Megan McDowell
"Spiderweb" 2016 The New Yorker[10] Things We Lost in the Fire translated by Megan McDowell
"The Well" 2019 The Southern Review[11] The Dangers of Smoking in Bed translated by Megan McDowell

References
  1. "Mariana Enriquez".
  2. "Sobre los autores". 26 September 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. "Things We Lost in the Fire". Granta Books. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  4. "Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  5. "Mariana Enriquez ganó el Premio Herralde".
  6. "Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego - Editorial Anagrama". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  7. "Things We Lost in the Fire - Portobello Books". Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  8. "The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez: 9780593134078 - PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  9. "The Intoxicated Years". Granta Magazine. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  10. Enriquez, Mariana (2016-12-12). "Spiderweb". The New Yorker (Serial). ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  11. "The Well". Southern Review. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
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