Carlos Gamerro

Carlos Gamerro is an Argentinean novelist, critic, and translator. He was born in Buenos Aires in 1962.

Gamerro has published six works of fiction, including the novels The Islands (And Other Stories, 2012 UK and 2014 North American publication), An Open Secret (Pushkin Press) and The Adventure of the Busts of Eva Perón (And Other Stories, 2015). He adapted The Islands for a major theatrical production in 2011 and writes influential works of criticism. Gamerro works closely with the British translator Ian Barnett; the English-language versions are adaptations and collaborations based on the originals.

In addition, he has translated works of William Shakespeare, W. H. Auden, and Harold Bloom into Spanish.