Alejandro Zambra

Alejandro Zambra was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1975. He has published two collections of poetry, a collection of short stories, two collections of essays and five novels, which have been translated into more than twenty languages. His short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies of Latin American literature, as well as in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, Harper’s and others.

In 2010, the literary magazine Granta ranked him among the best Spanish-language writers of the younger generation.
Among other honours, he has received the English Pen Award, the Prince Claus Award and the O. Henry Award.

Ikaros Publications has released his works Ways of Returning Home (2016), The Private Life of Trees (2017), Skills Test (2018), Chilean Poet (2021) and Children’s Literature (2026).