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
Shantytown
César Aira, Chris Andrews
E Book, 2013
At last, a noir novel from the Argentine master of suspense and surprisesThe Musical Brain: And Other Stories
César Aira, Chris Andrews
E Book, 2015
A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of micro-fiction.Ema the Captive
César Aira, Chris Andrews
E Book, 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 HareThe Linden Tree
César Aira, Chris Andrews
E Book, 2018
A delightful fictional account of the small town César Aira grew up in—not so long agoBirthday
César Aira, Chris Andrews
E Book, 2019
Birthday is among the very best of Aira—it will surprise readers new to his work, and will deeply satisfy his many fansArtforum
César Aira, Katherine Silver
E Book, 2020
One man’s obsession with Artforum magazine takes us on a hilarious journey to the ultimate meaning of the very creation of artThe Famous Magician
César Aira, Chris Andrews
Hardback, 2022
A writer is offered a devil’s bargain: will he give up reading books in exchange for total world domination?The Famous Magician
César Aira, Chris Andrews
E Book, 2022
A writer is offered a devil’s bargain: will he give up reading books in exchange for total world domination?Fulgentius
César Aira, Chris Andrews
Paperback, 2023
Aira holds a fun-house mirror up to the genre of historical fiction in this novel about an aging Roman general on what may be his last campaign into the provinces.Fulgentius
César Aira, Chris Andrews
E Book
Aira holds a fun-house mirror up to the genre of historical fiction in this novel about an aging Roman general on what may be his last campaign into the provinces.