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Violeta

Miguel Del Castillo

Translated by Amanda Hopkinson

‘As if they longed to dive in but somehow couldn’t manage to.’

Miguel Del Castillo

Miguel Del Castillo was born in Rio de Janeiro. His father is Uruguayan and his mother is from Rio. While studying architecture at PUC-Rio, Del Castillo worked as editor of the culture and architecture magazine Noz. In 2010, he moved to São Paulo, where he is now an editor at Cosac Naify publishing house. He received the Paulo Britto Award for Poetry and Prose for his story ‘Carta para Ana’ and has published a collection of short stories

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Translated by Amanda Hopkinson

Amanda Hopkinson translates from Spanish, Portuguese, and French, focusing mainly on contemporary fiction from Latin America. Her translations include Dead Horsemeat by Dominique Manotti (cotranslated with Ros Schwartz), Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia and Paulo Coelho’s Devil and Miss Prym.

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