Mariana Enríquez

Mariana Enríquez (born 1973) is an Argentine journalist, novelist, and short story writer. She is a part of the group of writers known as "new Argentine narrative".^[1] Her short stories fall within the horror and gothic genres^[2] and have been published in international magazines such as Granta, Electric Literature,^[3] Asymptote, McSweeney's,^[4] Virginia Quarterly Review, and The New Yorker.^[5][6]

Mariana Enríquez
Enríquez in 2019
Born	1973 (age 50–51) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alma mater	National University of La Plata
Occupations	Journalist novelist short story writer
Known for	Los peligros de fumar en la cama Chicos que vuelven

Early life

Enríquez was born in 1973 in Buenos Aires,^[7] and grew up in Valentín Alsina, a suburb in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.^[8] Parts of her family hail from North-Eastern Argentina (Corrientes and Misiones) and Paraguay.^[9] Enríquez would later move alongside her family to La Plata, where she became part of the local literary and punk scenes. This would inspire her to study journalism with a focus on rock music.^[10]

Career

Mariana Enríquez holds a degree in Journalism and Social Communication from the National University of La Plata. She is a journalist and the deputy editor of the Arts and Culture section of Página 12,^[11][12] and she teaches at literature workshops.

Enríquez has published four novels, including: Bajar es lo peor (Espasa Calpe, 1995), Cómo desaparecer completamente (Emecé, 2004) and Nuestra parte de noche (Anagrama, 2019). She is also the author of two short story collections, Los peligros de fumar en la cama (Emecé, 2009) and Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego (Editorial Anagrama, 2016), and the novelette Chicos que vuelven (Eduvim, 2010). Her stories have appeared in anthologies of Spain, Mexico, Chile, Bolivia and Germany.^[13]

In 2017, Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego was translated into English by Megan McDowell, and published as Things We Lost in the Fire by Portobello Books^[14] in the U.K. and Hogarth^[15] in the U.S. McDowell also translated the earlier Los peligros as The Dangers of Smoking in Bed in 2021.

In 2019, she won the Premio Herralde for her fourth novel, Nuestra parte de noche (translated as Our Share of Night).^[16][17] In 2024 she won the Platinum Konex Award for her work in the last decade in Argentina.^[18]

Bibliography

Novels

• Enríquez, Mariana (1995). Bajar es lo peor (in Spanish). Espasa-Calpe.
• — (2004). Cómo desaparecer completamente (in Spanish). Emecé.
• — (2017). Éste es el mar (in Spanish). Random House.
• — (2019). Nuestra parte de noche (in Spanish). Anagrama.
  • Translated as: Enríquez, Mariana (2023). Our Share of Night. Translated by Megan McDowell. Penguin Random House.^[19]

Short fiction

Collections

• Enríquez, Mariana (2009). Los peligros de fumar en la cama (in Spanish). Emecé.
  • Translated as: Enríquez, Mariana (2021). The Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Translated by Megan McDowell. Penguin Random House.
• — (2016). Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego (in Spanish). Anagrama.
  • Translated as: Enríquez, Mariana (2017). Things We Lost in the Fire. Translated by Megan McDowell. Portobello Books.
• Enríquez, Mariana (2024). Un lugar soleado para gente sombría (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Anagrama.
  • Translated as: Enríquez, Mariana (2024). A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories. Translated by Megan McDowell. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9780593733257 ^[20][21][22]

Novelettes

• Enríquez, Mariana (2010). Chicos que vuelven (in Spanish). Eduvim.
• — (2019). Ese verano a oscuras (in Spanish). Illustrated by Helia Toledo. Páginas de Espuma.

Short stories

Year	Title	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
2009	The Well	The Dangers of Smoking in Bed	"The Well". Southern Review. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2020-03-17.	Translated by Megan McDowell
	Our Lady of the Quarry		"Our Lady of the Quarry". The New Yorker. 96 (41). Translated by Megan McDowell: 60–64. December 21, 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: others (link)	Translated by Megan McDowell
2016	The Intoxicated Years	"The Intoxicated Years". Granta Magazine. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2019-08-05.	Things We Lost in the Fire	Translated by Megan McDowell
	Spiderweb	Things We Lost in the Fire	"Spiderweb". The New Yorker. 92 (42). Translated by Megan McDowell: 106–113. December 19–26, 2016.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: others (link)	Translated by Megan McDowell

Non-fiction

• Enríquez, Mariana (2014). Alguien camina sobre tu tumba : mis viajes a cementerios (in Spanish). Galerna.
• — (2018). La hermana menor : un retrato de Silvina Ocampo (in Spanish). Anagrama.
• — (2020). El otro lado : retratos, fetichismos, confesiones (in Spanish). Argentina: Anagrama.

References

1. "Algunos nuevos escritores argentinos que usted no conoce (y debería conocer)". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
2. "Fragmento de "Los años intoxicados", de Mariana Enriquez".
3. electricliterature (2017-02-21). "The Dark Themes of Mariana Enriquez". Electric Literature. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
4. "Interviews with the Authors of McSweeney's 46: The Latin American Crime Issue: Mariana Enriquez". McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
5. Wallace, David S. (2016-12-12). "Mariana Enriquez on the Fascination of Ghost Stories". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
6. Enriquez, Mariana (2016-12-11). ""Spiderweb"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
7. "Mariana Enríquez". Instituto Cervantes (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
8. Riera, Daniel (5 November 2019). "Mariana Enriquez, orgullo de Valentín Alsina, ganó el premio Herralde: el mundo privado de una enorme escritora". La Unión de Lanús (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
9. Mattio, Javier (1 March 2020). "Mariana Enriquez: "Nunca practiqué ningún rito ni creo en lo sobrenatural"". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
10. Guerriero, Leila (3 May 2016). ""No quiero que me saquen las pesadillas"". El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 October 2017.
11. "Mariana Enriquez".
12. Allfree, Claire (2024-09-15). "Mariana Enriquez: 'In Argentina, an entire generation was gaslighted'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
13. "Sobre los autores". 26 September 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
14. "Things We Lost in the Fire". Granta Books. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
15. "Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
16. Friera, Silvina (5 Dec 2019). "Mariana Enriquez ganó el Premio Herralde". Página 12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
17. "Mariana Enriquez". Granta. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
18. "Mariana Enriquez - Platinum Konex Award 2024". Fundación Konex.
19. Russell, Benjamin P. (2023-02-06). "Reveling in the Eerie and the Spooky, but Finding 'True Horror' in Real Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
20. Blakemore, A. K. (2024-09-26). "A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enríquez review – gothic horror with a twist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
21. Hunt, Samantha (2024-09-13). "Book Review: 'A Sunny Place for Shady People,' by Mariana Enriquez". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
22. "Where I write . . . Mariana Enriquez channels the spirits of Capote and Dali on the Costa Brava". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-10-13.