Iosi Havilio

Iosi Havilio (born in Buenos Aires, 1974) is an Argentine author. He's the son of Yugoslav-Argentine actor Harry Havilio.

Iosi Havilio
Born
Iosi Havilio

1974 (age 46–47)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentinean
OccupationAuthor
Notable work
Open Door, Paradises, Petite Fleur

Life and career

His first novel, Open Door was published in Buenos Aires in 2006. The novel tells the story of a young woman that, after losing her job in Buenos Aires, finds herself drifting towards a very different pace of life in the countryside.[1][2][3] Open Door was highly praised by influential writers and critics like Rodolfo Fogwill and Beatriz Sarlo. Sarlo commented : ‘Open Door really surprised me, it doesn’t obey any of the laws of reading, it feels like it sprang out of nowhere.’.[4] In 2009, Open Door was published in Spain by Caballo de Troya.

In 2011, Open Door was translated into English by Beth Fowler and published in the United Kingdom by the And Other Stories.

Havilio took part in the anthology Buenos Aires/Escala 1:1 (Entropía, 2008) and the Spanish edition of La Joven Guardia (Belacqua, 2009). IN 2010, Havilio published his second work, Estocolmo. The main character of Estocolmo is a gay Chilean man returning to his home country from 30 years of exile in Sweden after the 1973 coup d'état.

And Other Stories published the English translation of Havilio's third novel, Paradises, in 2013 and his fifth, Petite Fleur, in 2017.

Work
  • Open Door (Entropía, 2006). ISBN 9789872104092
  • Estocolmo (Random House Mondadori, 2010). ISBN 9789876580595
  • Paraisos (Random House Mondadori, 2012). ISBN 9789876581622
  • La Serenidad (Entropía, 2014). ISBN 9789871768158
  • Pequeña Flor (Random House Mondadori, 2015). ISBN 9789873650673
  • Vuelta y vuelta (Random House Mondadori, 2019). ISBN 9789877690835

Work in translation

References
  1. Página/12 (2007-03-11). "Pueblo chico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  2. Appratto, Roberto (2008-07-25). "El lenguaje y la experiencia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  3. Schifino, Martìn. "Rutas argentinas" (in Spanish). Revista de Libro. Retrieved 04/07/2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. Sarlo, Beatriz. "Sobre apellidos y adjetivos" (in Spanish). Perfil.com. Retrieved 04/07/2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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