Santiago Roncagliolo
Roncagliolo was born in Lima, and his family temporarily left Peru for political reasons in 1977. His novel Pudor (2005) was made into a film and his political thriller Abril rojo received the Alfaguara Prize in 2006 and is published in English as Red April (2010). Memorias de una dama (2009), tracing the origins of the Mafia in Cuba, was censored and its publication is prohibited throughout the entire world. His latest novel La Pena Máxima (2014), is set in the 78 World Cup during the Argentinian dictatorship. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. In 2010, he was chosen as one of Granta‘s Best Young Spanish Language Novelists.
Santiago Roncagliolo on Granta.com
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Home: Reflections for Anthony Shadid
Various Contributors
‘I realize it is my fault: whenever I live in any country, everything turns wrong. I see it as a gift.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
After the Olympics Left
Various Contributors
‘Once I came home at the end of August, it was as if nothing had ever happened. Indeed, nothing had.‘