César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949 and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. One of the most prolific writers in Argentina, Aira has published more than seventy books.
Katherine Silver’s most recent and forthcoming translations include works by Daniel Sada, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Rafael Bernal and Marcos Giralt Torrente. She is also co-director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre.