European Voices: A Reading & Conversation with Enrique Vila-Matas. At Boston University. Tuesday, October 4, 2016.
Enrique Vila-Matas
Born in Barcelona in 1948, Enrique Vila-Matas is widely considered to be one of Spain’s most important contemporary novelists, and Dublinesque has been declared his masterpiece. His extraordinary oeuvre, translated into 30 languages, includes Bartleby and Co, Montano – longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize – and Never Any End to Paris – a finalist for the Best Translated Book Award.
Born in Barcelona in 1948, Enrique Vila-Matas is widely considered to be one of Spain’s most important contemporary novelists, and Dublinesque has been declared his masterpiece. His extraordinary oeuvre, translated into 30 languages, includes Bartleby and Co, Montano – longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize – and Never Any End to Paris – a finalist for the Best Translated Book Award.
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