Anthony Marra

Anthony Marra grew up in Washington, USA, whilst living and studying in Russia. In 2010, his short story ‘Chechnya’ was awarded the Narrative and Pushcart prizes. In 2012, with *Constellation of Vital Phenomena* (Ikaros, 2013), Marra received rave reviews and was honoured with the Whiting Writers’ Award for a first-time author. The book has been translated into more than 18 languages. In 2013, it was longlisted for the National Book Award. This was followed by the Athens Prize for Literature 2013, the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize 2015, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction, the Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle 2015, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Barnes and Noble Fiction Discover Award. His book *The Tsar of Love and Children* (Ikaros, 2016) was shortlisted for the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and won the 2016 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award. It has been translated into more than 14 languages. His third novel, *Mercury Presents* (Ikaros, 2022), has just been published.