713. Pedro Mairal

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Pedro Mairal is the author of the novel The Woman from Uruguay (Bloomsbury), translated by Jennifer Croft. Mairal was born in Buenos Aires in 1970. He studied a degree in ‘Letras’ (‘Humanities’) at USAL (‘University of el Salvador’) where he was an assistant lecturer of English Literature. He has published three novels, a volume of short stories and two poetry books. His first novel, Una noche con Sabrina Love, was awarded the ‘Premio Clarín’ (‘Clarín Prize’) in 1998 with a panel of judges comprising Roa Bastos, Bioy Casares and Cabrera Infante, and was adapted to the screen in the year 2000. His work has been translated and published in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Germany. In 2007 the Bogotá39 jury selected him among the most notorious 39 young Latin-American authors. He currently lives in Montevideo. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc. Support the show on Patreon Merch www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.6	How are you out there? This is the Other People Show. I'm Brad Listy in Los Angeles, California. It's nice to be with you. I have on the program today, Pedro Marao, author of a novel called The Woman from Uruguay. Available in North America from Bloomsbury.
0:56.8	It was translated by Jennifer Croft.
1:01.5	Pedro Maral is an Argentine author.
1:06.9	He's from Buenos Aires originally, and his other books include One Night with Sabrina Love, The Year of the Desert, and The Miss missing year of Juan Salvatiera.
1:14.6	Had a great time talking with him. That conversation is coming up in just a bit.
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