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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

    • Shantytown

      César Aira, Chris Andrews

      E Book, 2013

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

    • The 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 Hare

    • The 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 ago

    • Birthday

      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 fans

    • Artforum

      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 art

    • The 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.

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