Andrés Barba

Andrés Barba (born 1975 in Madrid) is a Spanish writer. He first gained renown with his novel La hermana de Katia (2001) which was nominated for the Premio Herralde and turned into a movie by Mijke de Jong. His novel Las manos pequeñas appeared in English as Such Small Hands (, 2017), translated by , where it was heralded by such authors as Edmund White.^[1] Other major works include Versiones de Teresa (2006) which won the  [es] and Muerte de un caballo (2010), winner of the . In 2017 he won the Premio Herralde for República luminosa.

Barba was included by Granta magazine in their Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists list, published in 2010. His work has been translated into several European languages.^[2] Barba himself translated numerous English and American classics into Spanish. He taught at Bowdoin College and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Bibliography[]

• El hueso que más duele [The bone that hurts most], 1998
• La hermana de Katia [Katia's sister], 2001
• Ahora tocad música de baile [Now play a dance tune], 2004
• Versiones de Teresa [Teresa's versions], 2006
• Libro de las caídas [Book of falls], 2006
• Muerte de un caballo [A horse's death], 2011
• Lista de desaparecidos [Missing people's list], 2013
• En presencia de un payaso [In the company of a clown], 2014
• República luminosa [A luminous republic], 2017

Translated into English[]

• Rain Over Madrid, translated by Lisa Dillman, Madrid: Hispabooks, 2014 [original title: Ha dejado de llover (2012)]
• August, October, translated by Lisa Dillman, Madrid: Hispabooks, 2015 [original title: Agosto, Octubre (2010)]
• Such Small Hands, translated by Lisa Dillman, Oakland: Transit Books, 2017 [original title: Las manos pequeñas (2008)] ISBN 9781945492006^[3]
• The Right Intention, translated by Lisa Dillman, Oakland: Transit Books, 2018 [original title: La recta intención (2002)] ISBN 9781945492068^[4]

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