Rodrigo Fresán
Rodrigo Fresán is a fiction writer and journalist. Since 1999, Fresán has lived and worked in Barcelona, Spain. His books have been translated into many languages.
Mantra, a portrait of Mexico City ca. 2000, reveals the deep influence of science fiction novels, movies and TV shows. According to Jonathan Lethem, "he's a kaleidoscopic, open-hearted, shamelessly polymathic storyteller, the kind who brings a blast of oxygen into the room."
He was a close friend of the late Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño.Works
- Historia Argentina
- Vidas de santos
- Trabajos Manuales
- Esperanto
- La velocidad de las cosas
- Mantra
- Jardines de Kensington. Translated by Natasha Wimmer as Kensington Gardens
- El fondo del cielo. Translated by Will Vanderhyden as The Bottom of the Sky.
- La parte inventada. Translated by Will Vanderhyden as The Invented Part.
- La parte soñada. Translated by Will Vanderhyden as The Dreamed Part.
- La parte recordada.
Awards and honors
In 2017, Rodrigo Fresán received the prestigious Prix Roger Caillois.
In 2018, The Invented Part won the Best Translated Book Award.
