A Thousand Forests in One Acorn. Valerie Miles
Alfaguara (essay).
1995, La frontera de cristal. Una novela en nueve cuentos, Alfaguara (stories).
1996, Voluptuario, Saint Martins (monograph coauthored by Brian Nissen).
1998, Retratos en el tiempo, Alfaguara (essay).
1999, Los años con Laura Díaz, Alfaguara (novel).
2000, Los cinco soles de México. Memoria de un milenio, Seix Barral (essay).
2001, Instinto de Inez, Alfaguara (novel).
2002, En esto creo, Seix Barral (essay).
2003, La Silla del Águila, Alfaguara (essay).
2004, Inquieta compañía, Alfaguara (essay).
2004, Contra Bush, Aguilar (essay).
2005, Los 68, Grijalbo (essay).
2006, Todas las familias felices, Alfaguara (stories).
2007, Cuentos sobrenaturales, Alfaguara (novel).
2007, Cuentos naturales, Alfaguara (stories).
2007, Santa Anna, (opera libretto).
2008, La voluntad y la fortuna, Alfaguara (novel).
2009, Adán en Edén, Alfaguara (novel).
2010, Vlad, Alfaguara (novel).
2011, Carolina Grau, Alfaguara (stories).
2011, La gran novela latinoamericana, Alfaguara (essay).
2013, Federico en su balcón, Alfaguara (novel).
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
1960, Where the Air Is Clear, translated by Sam Hilman, Obolensky (novel).
1968, The Good Conscience, translated by Sam Hilman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1972, Holy Place, translated by Sam Hilman, E. P. Dutton, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1975, Aura, translated by Lysander Kemp, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1976, Terra nostra, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1978, Hydra Head, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1982, Distant Relations, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1986, A Change of Skin, translated by Sam Hilman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1986, Burnt Water, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1986, The Old Gringo, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1988, Birthday, translated by Sam Hilman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1989, Christopher Unborn, translated by Alfred Mac Adam, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1991, The Death of Artemio Cruz, translated by Alfred Mac Adam, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1994, The Orange Tree, translated by Alfred Mac Adam, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1995, Diana: The Goddess Who Hunts Alone, translated by Alfred Mac Adam, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
1997, The Crystal Frontier: A Novel in Nine Stories, translated by Alfred Mac Adam, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
2000, The Years with Laura Diaz, translated by Alfred Mac Adam, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
2002, Inez, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (novel).
2006, The Eagles Throne, translated by Kristina Cordero, Random House (novel).
2008, Happy Families, translated by Edith Grossman, Random House (novel).
2011, Destiny and Desire, Translated by Edith Grossman, Random House (novel).
2012, Vlad, translated by Alejandro Branger and Ethan Shaskan Bumas, Dalkey Archive Press (novel).
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
1967, Premio Biblioteca Breve for Cambio de piel.
1972, Premio Mazatlán de Literatura for Tiempo mexicano.
1976, Premio Xavier Villaurrutia for Terra nostra.
1977, Premio Rómulo Gallegos for Terra nostra.
1979, Premio Internacional Alfonso Reyes.
1984, Premio Nacional de Literatura de México.
1987, Premio Cervantes.
1992, French Legion of Honor medal.
1992, Premio Internacional Menéndez Pelayo.
1993, Orden al Mérito de Chile.
1994, Priz Grizane Cavour.
1994, Premio Príncipe de Asturias.
1994, Medalla Picasso de la UNESCO.
2000, Honorary Doctorate from Universidad Veracruzana.
2000, Honorary Doctorate from Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa.
2001, Honorary Member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua.
2004, Premio Real Academia Español de creación literaria for En esto creo.
2008, Premio Internacional don Quijote de la Mancha.
2009, Honorary Doctorate from Universidad de Quitana Roo.
2009, Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica.
2009, Premio González Ruano de Periodismo for the article “El Yucatán de Hernán Lara Zavala.”
2009, Honorary Doctorate from Universidad de Veracruz.
2010, Honorary Doctorate from Universidad de Puerto Rico.
2011, Premio Formentor de las Letras.
2011, Honorary Doctorate from Université Michel de Montaigne.
2011, Premio Fundación Cristóbal Gabarrón de las Letras.
Jorge Edwards is one of Chilean literature’s most well-known authors. Born in the capital in 1931, he belongs to one of the oldest families in the country: Brits who arrived to the Pacific coast at the beginning of the nineteenth century, some of whom, over the course of the country’s history, would emerge as important figures in the cultural and political spheres.
Edwards inherited his taste for literature from one of his relatives, his great uncle Joaquín Edwards Bello (protagonist of his novel El inútil de la familia), a writer disgraced for his sarcastic portrayal of the aristocracy to which he belonged: “An aunt of mine intuited my inclination toward writing. One day on the sly she showed me my uncle Joaquín’s books. My father spoke of him with great irritation. He never referred to him simply as tío Joaquín, no, he always added an adjective. He was Useless Joaquín.”
Edwards’s father didn’t want a similar future for their son; they sent him to study at the school Compañía de Jesús, where he had as a teacher Father Hurtado, a priest who was canonized by Benedict XVI in 2005. Later, after finishing his degreee, he continued his education