Megan McDowell

Megan McDowell has translated works by Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enriquez, among others. Her translations have won the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the English PEN award.

Megan McDowell

Megan McDowell has translated works by Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enriquez, among others. Her translations have won the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the English PEN award.

Books by Megan McDowell

  • Yesterday

    Juan Emar, Megan McDowell, Alejandro Zambra

    Paperback, 2022

    For the first time in English, a mind-bending, surreal masterpiece by “the forerunner of them all” (Pablo Neruda)
  • Yesterday

    Juan Emar, Megan McDowell, Alejandro Zambra

    E Book, 2022

    For the first time in English, a mind-bending, surreal masterpiece by “the forerunner of them all” (Pablo Neruda)
  • The Obscene Bird of Night: unabridged, centennial edition

    José Donoso, Leonard Mades, Megan McDowell, Hardie St. Martin

    Paperback, 2024

    Newly revised and updated by Megan McDowell, and with a new introduction by Alejandro Zambra: at last, the unabridged, centennial edition of Donoso’s terrifying masterpiece sees the light of day
  • The Obscene Bird of Night: unabridged, centennial edition

    José Donoso, Leonard Mades, Megan McDowell, Hardie St. Martin

    E Book

    Newly revised and updated by Megan McDowell, and with a new introduction by Alejandro Zambra: at last, the unabridged, centennial edition of Donoso’s terrifying masterpiece sees the light of day
  • Ten

    Juan Emar, Megan McDowell

    Paperback, 2024

    An astonishing collection of short stories by one of the most daring prose experimentalists of the 20th century
  • Ten

    Juan Emar, Megan McDowell

    E Book

    An astonishing collection of short stories by one of the most daring prose experimentalists of the 20th century
  • The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria

    José Donoso, Megan McDowell

    Paperback, 2025

    Sensual and semi-fantastic, this erotic novel by José Donoso—for the first time in English—is a thrilling and unsettling exploration of identity via sexual desire
  • The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria

    José Donoso, Megan McDowell

    E Book

    Sensual and semi-fantastic, this erotic novel by José Donoso—for the first time in English—is a thrilling and unsettling exploration of identity via sexual desire
  • Eating Ashes: A Novel

    Brenda Navarro, Megan McDowell

    Hardback, 2026

    An arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind.
  • Eating Ashes: A Novel

    Brenda Navarro, Megan McDowell

    E Book

    An arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind.