Eduardo Berti


Eduardo Berti is an Argentine writer born in Buenos Aires. He has been living in Paris, France, since 1998. He also works as a cultural journalist.

Biography

His novel La mujer de Wakefield, a re-write of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Wakefield from Twice-Told Tales, was voted one of the "books of the year" by the Times Literary Supplement. It was also selected for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, and its French translation was short-listed for the prestigious Prix Fémina.
His latest novel, Todos los Funes, has been a finalist for the Spanish Premio Herralde award.
Berti's books, originally published in Argentina and Spain, have been translated into English, Korean and Japanese, Portuguese and French.
His translations from English into Spanish include With Borges, The Sandglass, American Notebooks, a selection, Lady Susan, and also a couple of anthologies such as New York short stories. He also translates from French into English, and is the author and translator of the anthology Contemporary French Short-Stories, published in Spain.
In 2014, he was elected as a member of the Oulipo.

Works