Fever Dream (Schweblin) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—1978
• Where—Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Education—University of Buenos Aires
• Awards—Fondo Nacional de las Artes; Concurso Nacional Haroldo Conti; Casa de las Americas
• Currently—lives in Berlin, Germany


Samanta Schweblin was born in Buenos Aires in 1978 but now lives in Berlin, Germany. Her work has been translated into 20 different languages, and Granta named her one of the 22 best writers in Spanish under the age of 35.

Work and awards
In 2001 Schweblin was granted her first award by the Fondo Nacional de las Artes (National Fund of the Arts). In that same year, her first book "El nucleo del Disturbio" (2002) garnered her the first prize of the Concurso Nacional Haroldo Conti.(National Contest Haroldo Conti). In 2008 she obtained the prize "Casa de las Americas" for her storybook "La Furia de las pestes."

She was included in the anthologies "Quand elles se glissent dans la peau d'un homme" (2007), "Una terraza propia" 2006), "La joven guardia" (2005), and "Cuentos Argentinos" (2004), among others.

Some of her stories have been translated into English, French, Serbian, Swedish, and Dutch, and published in magazines and other cultural forums. An English translation of her story "Killing a Dog" was published in the Summer 2009 issue of the London-based quarterly newspaper The Drawbridge. (From Wikipedia. Retrieved 1/20/2017.)