Alejandro Zambra

Alejandro Zambra is a Chilean poet, short-story writer and novelist, born in Santiago in 1975. Zambra was chosen in 2007 for the Bogotá39 list of Latin American writers under 39, and in 2010 Granta named Zambra among the best Spanish-language writers under 35. Zambra's novels include Chilean Poet, which follows the aspiring poet Gonzalo as his role shifts from a former lover of Carla to stepfather to her son, and Ways of Going Home.