Álvaro Enrigue was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He has taught at New York University, Princeton University, the University of Maryland and Columbia University.


Álvaro Enrigue will present his latest novel Sudden Death in the UK, novel that has been awarded the prestigious Herralde Prize in Spain and the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-American Novel Award in Mexico. Sudden Death is the first of his novels that has been translated into English, and it’s had an incredible reception in the US with phenomenal praise from the New York Times, Vogue, VICE and Enrique Vila-Matas, amongst others.


Álvaro Enrigue will participate in three events at the end of May and beginning of June:

Where: Álvaro Enrigue and Juan Gabriel Vásquez en Hay Festival (Hay-On-Wye, Wales)
When: 30 may 2016 at 13.00 hrs.
Website: https://www.hayfestival.com/p-10814-juan-gabriel-vasquez-and-alvaro-enrigue-talk-to-daniel-hahn.aspx

Where: Álvaro Enrigue, Milena Busquets and Abubakar Adam Ibrahem at Dulwich Books (6 Croxted Road, West Dulwich, London, SE21 8SW)
When: 31 may 2016 at 19.00 hrs.
Website: https://dulwichbooks.co.uk/2016/04/11/hay-festival-comes-to-dulwich-milena-busquets-abubakar-adam-ibrahim-and-alvaro-enrigue/

Where: Álvaro Enrigue and Adam Thirlwell at TANK (B.11A, Wellington House, 1-2 Hatfields, London, SE1 9PG
Cuándo: 1 june 2016 at 19.00 hrs.