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    César Aira

    César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He taught at the University of Buenos Aires (about Copi and Rimbaud) and at the University of Rosario (Constructivism and Mallarmé), and has translated and edited books from France, England, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela. Perhaps one of the most prolific writers in Argentina, and certainly one of the most talked about in Latin America, Aira has published more than 100 books to date in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, and Spain, which have been translated for France, Great Britain, Italy, Brazil, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Romania, Russia, and the United States. One novel, La prueba, has been made into a feature film, and How I Became a Nun was chosen as one of Argentina’s ten best books. Besides essays and novels Aira writes regularly for the Spanish newspaper El País. In addition to winning the 2021 Formentor Prize, he has received a Guggenheim scholarship, and was shortlisted for the Rómulo Gallegos prize and the Booker International Prize.

     

    César Aira

    César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He taught at the University of Buenos Aires (about Copi and Rimbaud) and at the University of Rosario (Constructivism and Mallarmé), and has translated and edited books from France, England, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela. Perhaps one of the most prolific writers in Argentina, and certainly one of the most talked about in Latin America, Aira has published more than 100 books to date in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, and Spain, which have been translated for France, Great Britain, Italy, Brazil, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Romania, Russia, and the United States. One novel, La prueba, has been made into a feature film, and How I Became a Nun was chosen as one of Argentina’s ten best books. Besides essays and novels Aira writes regularly for the Spanish newspaper El País. In addition to winning the 2021 Formentor Prize, he has received a Guggenheim scholarship, and was shortlisted for the Rómulo Gallegos prize and the Booker International Prize.

     

    Books by César Aira

    • The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira

      César Aira, Katherine Silver

      Paperback, 2012

      Aira's latest concerns a reluctant but powerful doctor who finally decides to use his healing powers to help a hopeless patient.

    • The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira

      César Aira, Katherine Silver

      E Book, 2012

      Aira's latest concerns a reluctant but powerful doctor who finally decides to use his healing powers to help a hopeless patient.

    • Dinner

      César Aira, Katherine Silver

      Paperback, 2015

      Was it a nightmare—the result of a bad case of indigestion—or did something truly scary happen after dinner in the Argentine town of Coronel Pringles?

    • The Conversations

      César Aira, Katherine Silver

      Paperback, 2015

      A cerebral and wildly funny story revolving around the incongruity of a gold Rolex watch spotted on a lowly goatherd’s wrist

    • The Musical Brain: And Other Stories

      César Aira, Chris Andrews

      Hardback, 2015

      A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of micro-fiction.

    • How I Became a Nun

      César Aira, Chris Andrews

      Paperback, 2007

      "A good story and first-rate social science."—New York Times Book Review. A sinisterly funny modern-day Through the Looking Glass that begins with cyanide poisoning and ends in strawberry ice...

    • Shantytown

      César Aira, Chris Andrews

      Paperback, 2013

      At last, a noir novel from the Argentine master of suspense and surprises

    • Ema the Captive

      César Aira, Chris Andrews

      Paperback, 2016

      Ema The Captive, César Aira’s second novel, is perhaps closest in style to his popular An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter and The Hare

    • The Little Buddhist Monk & The Proof

      César Aira, Nick Caistor

      Paperback, 2017

      Two completely different stories by the inimitable César Aira

    • The Linden Tree

      César Aira, Chris Andrews

      Paperback, 2018

      A delightful fictional account of the small town César Aira grew up in—not so long ago

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