Contributor

Emiliano Monge

Contributor

Emiliano Monge

Mexico

Emiliano Monge is an award-winning Mexican author. He was selected as one of the most significant Latin American writers by the Guadalajara International Book Fair in 2009, and in 2015 was chosen by Conaculta, the Hay Festival, and the British Council as one of twenty essential Mexican writers....

In 2018, he was included on a list of the most important Latin American writers under thirty-nine by the Hay Festival. He is a regular columnist for the newspaper El País and has written for many other magazines and publications. He is also a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores Artísticos (National Scheme of Artistic Creators) in Mexico.

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The Presentiment

By Emiliano Monge

I like to imagine that, in this defining moment, as my grandfather struggled with the dead man’s sinews, he was able to calm his rage for a moment and laugh.

Translated from Spanish by Frank Wynne

First Read—From “Among the Lost”

By Emiliano Monge

The following is excerpted from Emiliano Monge’s Among the Lost (translated by Frank Wynne), winner of the 2016 English PEN Award and out tomorrow from Scribe US. Set in an unnamed land that could…

Translated by Frank Wynne

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Emiliano Monge

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The Presentiment

First Read—From “Among the Lost”