Archipiélago
memoir · First published 2025
Author guide
Mariana Enriquez Books in Order
Mariana Enriquez is an Argentine writer and journalist born in Buenos Aires in 1973. Her work spans novels, novellas, short-story collections, essays, literary biography, travel writing, memoir, and illustrated or graphic books. Her fiction is associated with contemporary literary horror and the nueva narrativa argentina, often combining supernatural motifs with political history, urban life, social violence, and popular culture. She has also worked as a journalist and editor for Página/12 and taught literature and writing.
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Los peligros de fumar en la cama
A concise introduction to Enriquez's distinctive literary-horror short fiction.
Nuestra parte de noche
Her major award-winning novel and fullest introduction to her historical, political, and supernatural fiction.
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Novels (8)
- Bajar es lo peor
novel · 1994
Bajar es lo peor, el primer libro de Mariana Enriquez, se publicó cuando la autora tenía apenas veintiún años. Enriquez muestra crudamente la Buenos Aires de la década del '90 y, aunque parezca extraño, éste lo hace con resonancias de…
- Cómo desaparecer completamente
novel · 2004
An atmospheric and unsettling novel that gives voice to the forgotten living on the margins, this is the chronicle of Matías Kovac, a sixteen-year-old apathetic and marginalized boy who needs to break out of himself. The path forward…
- Mitología Celta
nonfiction · 2007
- Alguien camina sobre tu tumba: Mis viajes a cementerios
travel_nonfiction · 2013
- Éste es el mar
novel · 2017
Ritos de pasaje, adolescentes fanatizadas con estrellas de rock, inframundos donde conviven seres que han complotado para que Kurt Cobain, Sid Vicious y Jim Morrison mueran repentinamente y pasen a la historia...
- Ese verano a oscuras
illustrated_novella · 2019
- Nuestra parte de noche
novel · 2019
Nonfiction (3)
- La hermana menor: Un retrato de Silvina Ocampo
literary_biography · 2014
- Archipiélago
memoir · 2025
Short fiction (4)
- Los peligros de fumar en la cama
short_story_collection · 2009
Una niña desentierra en el jardín unos huesos que resultan no ser de un animal; la bucólica escena veraniega de unas chicas que se bañan en un paraje natural acaba convertida en un infierno de celos de inquietantes consecuencias; un…
- Cuando hablábamos con los muertos
short_story_collection · 2013
- Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego
short_story_collection · 2016
La adaptación gráfica de cuatro relatos de una de las obras narrativas de terror más originales y sorprendentes del siglo XXI. Un coche se encuentra abandonado de noche en medio de la llanura pampeana con un bidón de gasolina al lado. De…
- Un lugar soleado para gente sombría
short_story_collection · 2024
Essays and speeches (1)
- El otro lado: Retratos, fetichismos, confesiones
essay_collection · 2020
We find in these pages from an interview with the legendary Argentinian rocker Charly García to a text about the fixation with the author's low-cut dress. Poignant personal pieces of hers about her beginnings as a writer, the first time…
Other (1)
- El año de la rata
graphic_work · 2021
Frequently asked questions about Mariana Enriquez
Who is Mariana Enriquez?
Mariana Enriquez is an Argentine novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and essayist born in Buenos Aires in 1973. She is internationally known for literary horror that connects supernatural elements with social and political history.
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What is Mariana Enriquez’s professional background?
She studied journalism and social communication at the National University of La Plata. She has worked as a journalist, including as subeditor of Página/12’s cultural supplement Radar, and has also taught.
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What influences Mariana Enriquez’s writing?
Enriquez has identified Stephen King as a formative influence, alongside writers such as Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, and the Brontë sisters. She has also drawn on her grandmother’s ghost stories and Argentina’s history, particularly the legacy of dictatorship and violence.
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What awards has Mariana Enriquez won?
Her novel Nuestra parte de noche won the Premio Herralde de Novela in 2019. She also received the Ibero-American José Donoso Literature Prize in 2024.
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Why is Mariana Enriquez important to contemporary Latin American literature?
She is widely regarded as one of the leading voices in contemporary Latin American horror, using gothic and supernatural forms to address political violence, inequality, gender, and historical trauma. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, extending that literary conversation internationally.
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