Mariana Enriquez

Lorena Amaro (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)

Trans. by Olivia Vázquez Medina (University of Oxford)

Ed. by Kate Averis, University of Western Australia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 5.1.1: Hispanic Writing and Culture of South America.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Ceire Broderick (University College Cork), Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork), Anna Forné (Gothenburg University), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Cara Levey (University College Cork), Thomas Nulley-Valdés (Australian National University), Carolina Orloff (Independent Scholar - Europe), Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Dates

Born 1973

Places

Born in Argentina
Active in Argentina

Activities

Primary

Journalist
Prose writer

Resources

Enriquez's Works

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Admired by her countless readers and recognised by critics, Mariana Enriquez (Buenos Aires, 6 December 1973) may well be the most prominent author writing in Spanish in the twenty-first century, her commercial and critical success comparable to the likes of Roberto Bolaño or Gabriel García Márquez. An author of short stories, novels, and chronicles, her impact transcends the Latin American field. She has made her mark on the literary scenes of Spain, the USA, and the UK, among others, through an array of aesthetic and political strategies that stir deep and atavistic terrors while also articulating a critical reflection on the workings of power, the scaffoldings of colonial violence, and the conditions of social inequality faced by Argentina and Latin America more generally. The author…

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Citation: Amaro, Lorena. "Mariana Enriquez". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 May 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15107, accessed 25 June 2025.]