Megan McDowell

Megan McDowell is an American literary translator. She principally translates Spanish-language works into English. Originally from Kentucky, she studied English at DePaul University in Chicago. Upon graduation, she worked at the Dalkey Archive Press. She then moved to Chile, moving back to the US after three years to study translation at the UT Dallas. Her first work of translation was Alejandro Zambra's The Private Lives of Trees. Since then, she has collaborated with Zambra on several more books.^[1]

Among other books she has translated are:

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
by Mariana Enriquez
Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra
Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
My Documents by Alejandro Zambra
Seeing Red by Lina Meruane
Nervous System by Lina Meruane
Humiliation by Paulina Flores
The Crossed-Out Notebook by Nico Giacobone
My Favorite Girlfriend was a French Bulldog by
Yesterday by Juan Emar
Camanchaca by Diego Zúñiga
Under This Terrible Sun by Carlos Busqued
Not to Read by Alejandro Zambra
Dead Stars by Álvaro Bisama
Colonel Lágrimas by Carlos Fonseca Suarez
Natural History by Carlos Fonseca Suarez
Older Brother by Daniel Mella
Divorce Is in the Air by Gonzalo Torné
La Vida Doble by Arturo Fontaine
Fantasia by Alejandro Zambra
Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar by Virginia Vallejo
Son of Black Thursday by Alejandro Jodorowsky

McDowell lives and works in Santiago de Chile.

Recognition[]

Shortlisted for the 2021 Kirkus Prize for The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez^[2]
Shortlisted for the 2021 Man Booker International Prize for The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez^[3]
2020 Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters^[4]
Longlisted for the 2020 Man Booker International Prize for Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin^[5]
Longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize for Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin^[6]
Winner of the 2018 Premio Valle-Inclan for Seeing Red by Lina Meruane^[7]
Shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin^[8]

References[]

^ Interview
^ "Finalists for 2021 Kirkus Prize Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
^ "The Dangers of Smoking in Bed | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
^ "2020 Literature Award Winners – American Academy of Arts and Letters". Retrieved 2021-10-19.
^ "Blog - Little Eyes Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020". oneworld-publications.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
^ "Mouthful of Birds interview | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
^ "News | The Society of Authors". www.societyofauthors.org. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
^ "Fever Dream | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.

[1] Interview

[2] "Finalists for 2021 Kirkus Prize Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2021-10-19.

[3] "The Dangers of Smoking in Bed | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.

[4] "2020 Literature Award Winners – American Academy of Arts and Letters". Retrieved 2021-10-19.

[5] "Blog - Little Eyes Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020". oneworld-publications.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.

[6] "Mouthful of Birds interview | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.

[7] "News | The Society of Authors". www.societyofauthors.org. Retrieved 2020-09-12.

[8] "Fever Dream | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.

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