Latin American Writers:Transatlantic Experience

Carlos Fonseca Suárez was born in Costa Rica in 1987 and grew up in Puerto Rico. His work has appeared in publications including the Guardian, Letras Libres, BOMB and The White Review, among others. He currently teaches at the University of Cambridge and lives in London. Coronel Lágrimas, his first novel, was published in 2015 by the prestigious Spanish publisher Anagrama, and in its English translation in 2016 by Restless Books.

Chloe Aridjis grew up in the Netherlands and Mexico. She studied comparative literature at Harvard followed by a PhD at Oxford in 19th-century French poetry and magic shows. Her first novel, Book of Clouds, won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger in France in 2009. Her second novel, Asunder, is set in London's National Gallery. Chloe was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014. She recently co-curated the Leonora Carrington exhibition at Tate Liverpool (2015) and is starring in an artist's feature film, And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur, for release in summer 2017.

Examining two key works from each author, guests will also have the opportunity to take part in an author Q&A session.