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Sergio Chejfec

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Sergio Chejfec

Argentina United States

Sergio Chejfec, originally from Argentina, was the author of numerous works of fiction, poetry, and essays. Among his grants and prizes, he received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in 2007 and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation in 2000. His books have been translated into English, French, German, and Portuguese. 

Articles by Sergio Chejfec

The Story of a Notebook
By Sergio Chejfec
One is drawn toward handwritten manuscripts because, unlike more mediated forms of writing (whether produced by typewriters, word processors, or automatic transcription tools), they alone retain the signs of hesitation.
Translated from Spanish by Jeffrey Lawrence
The Most Dangerous Dream of All—A Multilingual Most Exquisite Corpse Story
By Sergio Chejfec, Maria Cabrera, Basma Abdel Aziz & Petra Hůlová
At PEN America’s Lit Crawl Manhattan 2018, Words Without Borders and SLICE Literary partnered to present a multilingual exquisite corpse, a story authored by four international…
Translated by Heather Cleary, Mary Ann Newman, Elisabeth Jaquette & Alex Zucker
A photo of a cobbled path in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
Photo by Pierre Antona on Unsplash.. Public Domain.
A Trip to the Cemetery
By Sergio Chejfec
One shouldn’t expect more from novelists than disjointed emanations without guaranteed outcomes.
Translated from Spanish by Heather Cleary
Multilingual
Roosters and Bones
By Sergio Chejfec
The reason is that they don’t remain clean
Translated from Spanish by Elizabeth Polli