Alia Trabucco Zerán
Born
Alia Trabucco Zerán

(1983-08-26) August 26, 1983
Santiago, Chile
NationalityChilean, Italian
OccupationAuthor
Notable workLa Resta (The Remainder)

Alia Trabucco Zerán (born 26 August 1983) is a Chilean writer. She has an MFA in creative writing in Spanish from New York University and a PhD in Spanish and Latin American studies from University College London. Her debut novel La Resta (The Remainder) was critically acclaimed and won the 2014 Chilean Council for the Arts prize for Best Unpublished Literary Work. In 2015 it was chosen by El País as one of the ten best debut novels that year.[1] It was translated into English by Sophie Hughes and published by And Other Stories in 2018. The Remainder was shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize.[2] Her book When Women Kill was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle award in criticism.[3] and winner of the 2022 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. Her latest book is Limpia (Clean).

Early Life

Born in Santiago, Chile, her father is Sergio Trabucco, a filmmaker, her mother Faride Zerán, is the Former President of the National Television Council of Chile and is of Palestinian and Syrian descent.[4][5][6]

Books

  • 2015: La Resta. Madrid: Demipage.
    • ("The Remainder." Translated by Sophie Hughes. And Other Stories, UK, (2019). Coffee House Press, US (2019) ISBN 978-1-56689-550-7)
  • 2019: "Las Homicidas." Santiago: Lumen.
    • ("When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold." Translated by Sophie Hughes. And Other Stories, UK (2022), Coffee House Press, US (2022) ISBN 978-1-91350-526-4)
  • 2022: "Limpia". Santiago: Lumen.

References

  1. ↑ Sabogal, Winston Manrique (2015-01-03). "Diez debutantes que descubrir". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  2. ↑ Cain, Sian (2019-04-09). "Man Booker International shortlist dominated by female authors and translators". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  3. ↑ Varno, David (2023-02-01). "NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  4. ↑ Chile, C. N. N. "Escritora chilena es nominada al "Man Booker" 2019 que reconoce el mejor libro traducido en Reino Unido". CNN Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  5. ↑ "Escritora Alia Trabucco Zerán - Mundo Al Damir" (in Spanish). 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  6. ↑ "Profesora Faride Zerán fue elegida como hija ilustre de Puerto Natales". fau.uchile.cl. Retrieved 2023-12-26.


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