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    Amparo Davila

    Amparo Dávila was born in Mexico in 1928. She published several collections of short stories and for a short time worked as Alfonso Reye's secretary. In recent years a massive resurgence of interest has acknowledged her as one of Mexico's finest masters of the short story. Award the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize in 19977, she was honored with the Medalla Bellas Artes in 2015

    Amparo Davila

    Amparo Dávila was born in Mexico in 1928. She published several collections of short stories and for a short time worked as Alfonso Reye's secretary. In recent years a massive resurgence of interest has acknowledged her as one of Mexico's finest masters of the short story. Award the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize in 19977, she was honored with the Medalla Bellas Artes in 2015

    Books by Amparo Davila

    • The Houseguest: And Other Stories

      Amparo Dávila, Matthew Gleeson, Audrey Harris

      Paperback, 2019

      The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storyteller

    • The Houseguest: And Other Stories

      Amparo Dávila, Matthew Gleeson, Audrey Harris

      E Book, 2018

      The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storyteller

    • Behind the Gate

      Amparo Davila, Matthew Gleeson, Audrey Harris

      Paperback, 2026

      A sensationally creepy new selection of stories from the author of the cult phenomenon The Houseguest

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