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Agustina Bazterrica

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Agustina Bazterrica was born in Buenos Aires in 1974. She studied art at the University of Buenos Aires and works as a cultural administrator. Her fiction explores cruelty, power, social inequality, gender, organized religion, and the ethics of consumption through literary horror and dystopian speculative fiction. She won the 2017 Clarín Novel Prize for Cadáver exquisito, which became an international bestseller and was translated into numerous languages.

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Agustina Bazterrica's Newest Book

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Las indignas

novel · First published 2023

"El mundo atravesó guerras por el agua y catástrofes ambientales. Los días pasan de gélidos a sofocantes en cuestión de horas, el aire está saturado de olores pestilentes y el cielo se cubre con nieblas espesas y pegajosas como telas de araña. En este presente desolador, confinadas en la Casa de la Hermandad Sagrada, varias mujeres sobreviven sometidas a los designios de un culto religioso y son objeto de torturas y sacrificios en el nombre de la iluminación. Todas se encuentran bajo el mando estricto de la Hermana Superior, por encima de quien solo se erige'Él'. ¿Quién es Él? Poco se sabe; nadie puede verlo, pero desde las sombras las domina"--Page 4 of cover

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Cadáver exquisito

Her award-winning international breakthrough and most widely read novel.

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Novels (3)
  1. Matar a la niña

    novel · 2013

  2. Cadáver exquisito

    novel · 2017

    A causa de un virus mortal que afecta a los animales y contagia a los seres humanos, el mundo se ha convertido en un lugar gris, escéptico e inhóspito, y la sociedad se divide entre aquellos que comen y aquellos que son comidos. El Premio…

  3. Las indignas

    novel · 2023

    "El mundo atravesó guerras por el agua y catástrofes ambientales. Los días pasan de gélidos a sofocantes en cuestión de horas, el aire está saturado de olores pestilentes y el cielo se cubre con nieblas espesas y pegajosas como telas de…

Short fiction (2)
  1. Antes del encuentro feroz

    short-story-collection · 2016

  2. Diecinueve garras y un pájaro oscuro

    short-story-collection · 2020

Frequently asked questions about Agustina Bazterrica

Where is Agustina Bazterrica from, and what is her background?

Agustina Bazterrica was born in Buenos Aires in 1974. She studied art at the University of Buenos Aires and works as a cultural administrator.

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What kind of writer is Agustina Bazterrica?

She is an Argentine writer of literary horror and speculative fiction. Her work examines power, social inequality, gender, organized religion, and the ethics of consumption.

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What influences Agustina Bazterrica’s writing?

Bazterrica has identified Argentine author Juan José Saer as a major influence and her favorite Argentine writer. Her fiction also draws on concerns about capitalism, misogyny, consumption, and institutional power.

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What awards has Agustina Bazterrica won?

She won the 2017 Clarín Novel Prize for Cadáver exquisito. Its English edition, Tender Is the Flesh, won the 2020 Ladies of Horror Fiction Award for Best Novel.

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Why is Agustina Bazterrica internationally significant?

Her fiction has made her a prominent contemporary Latin American literary voice. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide.

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