Roberto Bolaño

The world-renowned Chilean novelist and poet Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003), in the words of Susan Sontag, “the most influential and captivating prose writer of his generation in the Spanish-speaking world,” is the author of more than 10 novels, as well as collections of short stories and essays; his works have been translated into numerous languages and have earned him prestigious awards.

His iconic novel 2666, published posthumously, is an undisputed masterpiece, the crowning achievement of Bolaño’s work. He won the City of Barcelona Prize (2004), the Salambo Prize (2005), and the American Association of Literary Critics’ Fiction Prize (2009). Time magazine named it the best work of fiction for 2008.