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Juan Emar is the pen name of Chilean writer, painter, and art critic Álvaro Yáñez Bianchi. Born in Chile in 1893, he was a strong advocate of the artistic avant-garde of the 1920s and 30s, and his critical writings helped revolutionize the art scene in his country. Under-appreciated in his time, he is now considered to be one of the most important 20th-century Latin American writers. Megan McDowell has won the English PEN award, the Premio Valle-Inclán, and a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; she also has been nominated four times for the International Booker Prize. She won the 2022 National Book Award in translation alongside Samanta Schweblin for Seven Empty Houses.
"The wonder of Emar's universe doesn't derive from the numerological matrix of his structure, or even the secret code he used to criticize the literary conservatism of his day, but in his imagination, which explodes like the big bang and overflows, giving rise to all possibilities.--Roberto Wong ""Letras Libres"" Juan Emar, ahead of his time, was no doubt writing for readers of the future, and it's as arrogant as it is exciting to suppose that those readers of the future are us.--Alejandro Zambra Juan Emar, the Chilean writer who bears a marked resemblance to the monument to the unknown soldier.--Roberto Bolaño The forerunner of them all.--Pablo Neruda"
