UNICAJA ‘FERNANDO QUIÑONES’ 2021 PRIZE FOR THE NOVEL
WINNER OF THE 2009 CLARÍN PRIZE FOR THE NOVEL
A FINALIST IN THE 34TH HERRALDE PRIZE FOR THE NOVEL
He was born in Baradero, Argentina. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Buenos Aires, where he has also taught Argentine Literature, and is an expert on Don Quixote.
Prolific and multifaceted, Jeanmaire combines narrative fiction with historical and philosophical reflection in a work that appeals to critics and readers alike.
Jeanmaire has received important literary awards, including the Premio Consagración Ricardo Rojas; the 2009 Emecé Award for Inner Life; the 2009 Clarín Award for Lighter Than Air; and the 2021 Unicaja Award for Darwin or the origin of old age. He was also a finalist for the Herralde Novel Prize for Dwarf Loves. His books have been translated into several languages.
“Since the early 1990s, Federico Jeanmaire has been building one of the most solid and propositive works in Latin American literature.”
Rafael Toriz, Perfil
“A literature that is sometimes secret and sometimes public: always a must when thinking about the new Argentinian narrative”.
Fernando Krapp, Página/12
“Surprise is something that accompanies all of this novelist’s titles”.
Marta Rózpide, El Imparcial
“Federico Jeanmaire keeps searching for a peculiar form in each novel, a procedure adequate to that new narrative matter”.
Alejandra Rodríguez Ballester, Clarín
“With a low profile and a very solid work, he has become one of the most personal authors of Argentinian literature in the last decades”.
Cristian Vázquez, Letras Libres
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