Andrés Neuman
Andrés Neuman (born January 28, 1977 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) is an Argentine- Spanish writer , poet , translator and essayist .
Life
Andrés Neuman is the son of two musicians living in exile in Spain. His mother is a violinist of Spanish-Italian origin and his father is an oboist of German-Jewish origin. Neuman has lived in Granada , Andalusia , since he was 14 , where he studied Spanish-American literature at the University of Granada , did his doctorate and later also taught. Neuman made his author debut in 1998 with the award-winning collection of poems Métodos de la noche and a year later he made his debut as a writer with the critically acclaimed novel Bariloche . He processed his life story with his third semi-biographical novel Una vez Argentina , published in 2003 .
Works (selection)
Novels
- Bariloche . Barcelona: Anagrama, 1999
- La vida en las ventanas . Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 2002
- Una vez Argentina . Barcelona: Anagrama, 2003
- El viajero del siglo . Madrid et al .: Alfaguara, 2009
- Hablar solos . Madrid et al .: Alfaguara, 2012
- Fractura . Madrid et al .: Alfaguara, 2018
poetry
- Simulacros . Granada: Cuadernos del Vigía, 1998
- Métodos de la noche . Madrid: Hiperión, 1998
- El jugador de billar . Valencia: Pre-Textos, 2000
- El tobogán . Madrid: Hiperión, 2002
- Mística abajo . Barcelona: Acantilado, 2008
- Década. Poesía 1997-2007 . Barcelona: Acantilado, 2008
- No sé por qué y patio de locos . Valencia: Pre-Textos, 2013
- Vendaval de bolsillo . México: Almadía, 2014
- Vivir de oído . México: Almadía, 2017
Short stories
- El que espera . Barcelona: Anagrama, 2000
- El último minuto . Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 2001
- Alumbramiento . Madrid: Páginas de Espuma, 2006
- Hacerse el muerto . Madrid / México: Páginas de Espuma, 2011
- El fin de la lectura . Santiago de Chile: Cuneta, 2011
Translations
In German
- Once Argentina . In: With eyes in hand: Argentine Jews tell stories . Edited and translated by Erna Pfeiffer . Vienna: Mandelbaum-Verlag, 2014, pp. 50–59
In English
- Traveler of the Century . Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012
- Talking to Ourselves . Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014
- The Things We Do not Do . Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia. London: Pushkin, 2014
- How to Travel Without Seeing . Translated from the Spanish by Jeffrey Lawrence. New York: Restless Books, 2016
In French
- Le bonheur, ou pas . Traduction de l'espagnol by Anne-Marie Chollet. Bordeaux: Cataplum, 2010
- Le Voyageur du siècle: roman . Traduit de l'espagnol by Alexandra Carrasco. Paris: Fayard, 2011
- Parler seul: roman . Traduit de l'espagnol by Alexandra Carrasco. Paris: Buchet-Chastel, 2014
- Bariloche: roman . Traduit de l'espagnol by Alexandra Carrasco. Paris: Buchet-Chastel, 2017
In Italian
- Bariloche . Traduzione di Angelo Morino. Milano: Bompiani, 2001
- Il viaggiatore del secolo . Traduzione di Silvia Sichel. Milano: Ponte alle Grazie, 2010
- Una volta l'Argentina . Traduzione di Silvia Sichel. Milano: Ponte alle Grazie, 2011
- Parlare da soli . Traduzione di Silvia Sichel. Milano: Ponte alle Grazie, 2013
- Frammenti della notte . Traduzione di Silvia Sichel. Milano: Ponte alle Grazie, 2015
- Le cose che non facciamo . Traduzione di Silvia Sichel. Roma: Sur Edizioni, 2016
- Vite istantanee . Traduzione di Silvia Sichel. Roma: Sur Edizioni, 2018
literature
- You couldn't erase our memories. Jewish-Argentine authors in conversation. Edited and translated by Erna Pfeiffer. Vienna: Löcker-Verlag, 2016
Web links
- Literature by and about Andrés Neuman in the catalog of the German National Library
- Andrés Neuman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neuman, Andrés |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian-Spanish writer, poet, translator and essayist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires , Argentina |