Iosi Havilio
Iosi Havilio (born in Buenos Aires, 1974) is an Argentine author. He's the son of Yugoslav-Argentine actor Harry Havilio.
His first novel, Open Door was published in Buenos Aires in 2006. The novel tells the story of a young woman that, after losing her job in Buenos Aires, finds herself drifting towards a very different pace of life in the countryside.[1][2][3] Open Door was highly praised by influential writers and critics like Rodolfo Fogwill and Beatriz Sarlo. Sarlo commented : ‘Open Door really surprised me, it doesn’t obey any of the laws of reading, it feels like it sprang out of nowhere.’.[4] In 2009, Open Door was published in Spain by Caballo de Troya.
In 2011, Open Door was translated into English by Beth Fowler and published in the United Kingdom by the London-based publisher And Other Stories.
Havilio took part of the anthology Buenos Aires/Escala 1:1 (Entropía, 2008) and the Spanish edition of La Joven Guardia (Belacqua, 2009). IN 2010, Havilio published his second work, Estocolmo. The main character of Estocolmo is a gay Chilean man returning to his home country from 30 years of exile in Sweden after the 1973 coup d'état.
His third novel, Paradises, was published in translation by And Other Stories in 2013.
Work
Work in Translation
- Open Door English trans. Beth Fowler (London: And Other Stories, 2011). ISBN 9781908276032
- Paradises English trans. Beth Fowler (London: And Other Stories, 2013). ISBN 9781908276247.
- Opendoor Italian trans. Barca Vincenzo (Roma: Caravan Edizioni, 2015). ISBN 9788896717097.
- Petite Fleur English trans. Lorna Scott Fox (London: And Other Stories, 2017). ISBN 9781911508045.
- Petite fleur (jamais ne meurt) French trans. Margot Nguyen-Béraud (Editions Denoël, 2017). ISBN 9782207134863.
References
- ↑ Página/12 (2007-03-11). "Pueblo chico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ↑ Appratto, Roberto (2008-07-25). "El lenguaje y la experiencia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ↑ Schifino, Martìn. "Rutas argentinas" (in Spanish). Revista de Libro. Retrieved 04/07/2011. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ Sarlo, Beatriz. "Sobre apellidos y adjetivos" (in Spanish). Perfil.com. Retrieved 04/07/2011. Check date values in:
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External links
- Iosi Havilio in And Other Stories
- Blog about Estocolmo (in Spanish)