Benjamín Labatut
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Benjamín Labatut
Benjamín Labatut was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in 1980. He grew up in The Hague and Buenos Aires and currently lives and works in Santiago de Chile. His literary works have been awarded various prizes, including the 2013 Premio Municipal de Literatura de Santiago de Chile. Un verdor terrible is his third book. It was shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and is longlisted for a National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2021.
Benjamín Labatut was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in 1980. He grew up in The Hague and Buenos Aires and currently lives and works in Santiago de Chile. His literary works have been awarded various prizes, including the 2013 Premio Municipal de Literatura de Santiago de Chile. Un verdor terrible is his third book. It was shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and is longlisted for a National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2021.
Awards (selection)
Finalist for the Premio Letterario Galileo 2022 with Un verdor terrible
International Booker Prize 2021 (shortlist) for Un verdor terrible
National Book Award Translated Literature 2021 (shortlist) for Un verdor terrible
English PEN Award
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times’s Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction with Un verdor terrible
International Booker Prize 2021 (shortlist) for Un verdor terrible
National Book Award Translated Literature 2021 (shortlist) for Un verdor terrible
English PEN Award
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times’s Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction with Un verdor terrible
Finalist for the Premio Letterario Galileo 2022 with Un verdor terrible
International Booker Prize 2021 (shortlist) for Un verdor terrible
National Book Award Translated Literature 2021 (shortlist) for Un verdor terrible
English PEN Award
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times’s Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction with Un verdor terrible
International Booker Prize 2021 (shortlist) for Un verdor terrible
National Book Award Translated Literature 2021 (shortlist) for Un verdor terrible
English PEN Award
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times’s Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction with Un verdor terrible
PUBLICATIONS
Latest first
Year of Publication: 2020
Benjamín LabatutYear of Publication: 2020
When We Cease to Understand the World
In his literary exploration When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamín Labatut writes about the fine line between genius and insanity and about the ambivalence of scientific...
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DISCOVER
News
Benjamín Labatut Finalist for the National Book Award
The finalists for this year's National Book Award have been announced.News
Labatut, Schalansky and Stepanova nominated for the National Book Award
The National Book Award is one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the USA.News