Granta’s Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists / International Literary Event.

Featuring:

Argentine author Michel Nieva and Cuban author Dainerys Machado Vento, with translators Natasha Wimmer and Will Vanderhyden.

Moderated by writer and translator Esther Allen and co-hosted by Open Borders Books.

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2021 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT.

About Michael Nieva:
Michel (1988) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is the author of the poetry collection Papelera de reciclaje, the novels ¿Sueñan los gauchoides con ñandúes eléctricos? and Ascenso y apogeo del imperio argentino and the essay collection Tecnología y barbarie.

About Dainerys Machado Vento:
Dainerys (1986) was born in Havana, Cuba, and is co-founder of the publisher Sualos/Swallows. She is the author of Las noventa Habanas. Her story, “The Color of Balloons,” is part of a new project, El álbum de las treintañeras.