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César Aira (Argentine Spanish: [ˈsesaɾ ˈajɾa]; born 23 February 1949 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentinian writer and translator, and an exponent of contemporary Argentinian literature. Aira has published over a hundred short books of stories, novels and essays. In fact, at least since 1993, a hallmark of his work is a truly frenetic level of writing and publication—two to five novella-length books each year. He has lectured at the University of Buenos Aires, on Copi and Arthur Rimbaud, and at the University of Rosario on Constructivism and Stéphane Mallarmé, and has translated and edited books from France, England, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela. His work Besides his fiction, and the translation work he does for a living, Aira also writes literary criticism, including monographic studies of Copi, the poet Alejandra Pizarnik, and the nineteenth-century British limerick and nonsense writer Edward Lear. He wrote a short book, Las tres fechas (The Three Dates), arguing for the central importance, when approaching some minor eccentric writers, of examining the moment of their lives about which they are writing, the date of completion of the work, and the date of publication of the work. Aira also was the literary executor of the complete works of his friend the poet and novelist Osvaldo Lamborghini (1940–1985). Style Aira has often spoken in interviews of elaborating an avant-garde aesthetic in which, rather than editing what he has written, he engages in a "flight forward" (fuga hacia adelante) to improvise a way out of the corners he writes himself into. Aira also seeks in his own work, and praises in the work of others (such as the Argentine-Parisian cartoonist and comic novelist Copi), the "continuum" (el continuo) of a constant momentum in the fictional narrative. As a result, his fictions can jump radically from one genre to another, and often deploy narrative strategies from popular culture and "subliterary" genres like pulp science fiction and television soap operas. He frequently refuses to conform to generic expectations for how a novel ought to end, leaving many of his fictions quite open-ended. While his subject matter ranges from Surrealist or Dadaist quasi-nonsense to fantastic tales set in his Buenos Aires neighborhood of Flores, Aira also returns frequently to Argentina's nineteenth century (two books translated into English, The Hare and An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter, are examples of this; so is the best-known novel of his early years, Ema la cautiva (Emma, the Captive)). He also returns regularly to play with stereotypes of an exotic East, such as in Una novela china, (A Chinese Novel); El volante (The Flyer), and El pequeño monje budista (The Little Buddhist Monk). Aira also enjoys mocking himself and his childhood home town, Coronel Pringles, in fictions such as Cómo me hice monja (How I Became a Nun), Cómo me reí (How I Laughed), El cerebro musical (The Musical Brain) and Las curas milagrosas del doctor Aira (The Miraculous Cures of Dr. Aira). His novella La prueba (1992) served as the basis—or point of departure, as only the first half-hour follows the novella—of Diego Lerman's film Tan de repente (Suddenly) (2002). His novel Cómo me hice monja (How I Became a Nun) was selected as one of the ten best publications in Spain in the year 1998. Awards and honours Konex Award – translation (1994) Konex Award – novel (2004) Prix Roger Caillois (2014) Neustadt International Prize for Literature – finalist (2014) Man Booker International Prize – finalist (2015) America Awards (2016) Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award (2016) Prix Formentor (2021) Bibliography A partial bibliography: Novels Pamphlets and standalone short stories El infinito (1994). Vanagloria Ediciones La pastilla de hormona (2002). Belleza y Felicidad Mil gotas (2003). Eloísa Cartonera El cerebro musical (2005). Eloísa Cartonera El todo que surca la nada (2006). Eloísa Cartonera Picasso (2007). Belleza y Felicidad El perro (2010). Belleza y Felicidad El criminal y el dibujante (2010). Spiral Jetty El té de Dios (2010). Mata-Mata La Revista Atenea (2011). Sazón Ediciones Latinoamericanas El hornero (2011). Sazón Ediciones Latinoamericanas En el café (2011). Belleza y Felicidad A brick wall (2012). Del Centro Stories originally published in magazines "El sultán" (1991) in Paradoxa magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 27–29. "El hornero" (1994/1995) in Muela de Juicio magazine, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 2–4. "Pobreza" (1996) in Muela de Juicio magazine, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 2–3. "Los osos topiarios del Parque Arauco" in Paula magazine. "El té de Dios" (2011) in the Mexican edition of Playboy magazine. Short story collections La trompeta de mimbre (1998). Beatriz Viterbo Tres historias pringlenses (2013). Ediciones Biblioteca Nacional Relatos reunidos (2013). Mondadori El cerebro musical (2016). Literatura Random House Essays and non-fiction Copi (1991). Beatriz Viterbo Nouvelles Impressions du Petit-Maroc (1991). Meet (French/Spanish bilingual) Taxol: precedido de 'Duchamp en México' y 'La broma' (1997). Simurg "La nueva escritura", La Jornada Semanal, Ciudad de México, 12 April 1998 (an English translation The New Writing, published in The White Review, July 2013) Alejandra Pizarnik (1998). Beatriz Viterbo Cumpleaños (2000, 2001). Mondadori – Autobiographical essay Diccionario de autores latinoamericanos (2001). Emecé Alejandra Pizarnik (2001). Ediciones Omega Las tres fechas (2001). Beatriz Viterbo Edward Lear (2004). Beatriz Viterbo Pequeno manual de procedimentos (2007). Arte & Letra Continuación de ideas diversas (2014). Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales Sobre el arte contemporáneo seguido de En La Habana (2016). Literatura Random House Cuatro Ensayos (2020). Beartiz Viterbo – including Aira's essay "Las tres fechas" and his essays on Alejandra Pizarnik, Edward Lear, and Copi. Una educación defectuosa: Discurso de recepción del Premio Formentor (2022). Urania Works in English translation The Hare (trans. Nick Caistor; 1997) ISBN 978-1-85242-291-2 (Serpent's Tail) An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter (trans. Chris Andrews; 2006) ISBN 978-0-8112-1630-2 (New Directions) How I Became a Nun (trans. Chris Andrews; 2007) ISBN 978-0-8112-1631-9 (New Directions) Ghosts (trans. Chris Andrews; 2009) ISBN 978-0-8112-1742-2 (New Directions) The Literary Conference (trans. Katherine Silver; 2010) ISBN 978-0-8112-1878-8 (New Directions) The Seamstress and the Wind (trans. Rosalie Knecht; 2011) ISBN 978-0-8112-1912-9 (New Directions) The Musical Brain (trans. Chris Andrews; 5 December 2011) in The New Yorker magazine Varamo (trans. Chris Andrews; 2012) ISBN 978-0-8112-1741-5 (New Directions) The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira (trans. Katherine Silver; October 2012) ISBN 978-0-8112-1999-0 (New Directions) The Hare (trans. Nick Caistor; June 2013) ISBN 978-0811220903 (New Directions) Shantytown (trans. Chris Andrews; November 2013) ISBN.... Discover the Cesar Aira Rosalie Knecht popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Cesar Aira Rosalie Knecht books.