Emiliano Monge
Emiliano Monge (Mexico, 1978) is a political scientist and writer. He has published the books of short stories Arrastrar esa sombra (2008, shortlisted for the Antonin Artaud Prize) and La superficie más honda (2017); the novels El cielo árido (2012, winner of the XXVIII Jaen Novel Prize and of the Otras Voces, Otros Ámbitos Prize), Las tierras arrasadas (2015, winner of the Elena Poniatowska Iberoamerican Novel Prize and an English PEN Award), No contar todo (2018, Fine Arts Prize for Narrative to a Published Work), Tejer la oscuridad (2020), and Justo antes del final (2022); as well as the children’s book Los insectos invisibles (2013). Some of his short stories have appeared in the anthologies Lo desorden (Alfaguara, 2013) and Mexico20, New Voices, Old Traditions (2015).
He was recognized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair as one of the 25 most important writers in Latin America in 2011, the Hay Festival and the British Council selected him as one of the 20 essential Mexican writers, and in 2017 he was selected as one of the 39 best Latin American writers under 39 by the Hay Festival in Bogotá. He is a regular contributor to the newspaper El País. His works have been translated into several languages. He lives in Mexico City.
“Rarely have we witnessed literature like this.”
“Emiliano Monge’s use of grim humour recalls that of works such as Bolaño’s 2666 and McCarthy’s The Crossing.”
“Imagine the possibility of reading a text that joins the silent violence of Cormac McCarthy, the destructive solitude of Malcolm Lowry, the uneasiness of Roberto Bolaño, the icy despair of Juan Carlos Onetti, the sinuous style of Juan Benet and the unbounded ambition of James Joyce.”
“High voltage writing, so lyrical it should be read out loud.”
BY EMILIANO MONGE:
Justo antes del final
NOVEL, 2022
Tejer la oscuridad
NOVEL, 2020
No contar todo
NOVEL, 2018
La superficie más honda
SHORT STORIES, 2017
Las tierras arrasadas
NOVEL, 2015
Los insectos invisibles
CHILDREN'S, 2013
El cielo árido
NOVEL, 2012
Morirse de memoria
NOVEL, 2009
Arrastrar esa sombra
SHORT STORIES, 2008