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Edition 28 (2021) Winner
Fernanda Trías
フェルナンダ・トリアス
Fernanda Trías
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1976 （Montevideo, Uruguay）
- Nationality
- Uruguay
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Montevideo, Uruguay → France (lived for ~5 years) → Buenos Aires, Argentina → Bogotá, Colombia
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Translator
- Active Years
- 1999-
- Affiliations
- Universidad Nacional (creative writing MFA, teacher), Universidad de los Andes (writer-in-residence)
- Influenced By
- Mario Levrero
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | Creative Writing (MFA) | Creative Writing | MFA | 2012–2013 | United States |
New York University
Creative Writing (MFA)
/ Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Period:
2012–2013
Year of Graduation:
2013
Country:
United States
Received a scholarship in 2012 to pursue an MFA
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | National Literature Prize (for Mugre rosa) | Pink Slime | — | Uruguayan national cultural body | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo | — | — | Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo organization | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize | — | — | Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize organization | 受賞 |
| 2006 | BankBoston Foundation Prize for National Culture | — | — | BankBoston Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2004 | UNESCO-Aschberg scholarship | — | — | UNESCO-Aschberg | 受給 |
| 2017 | Eñe–Casa de Velázquez Prize (residency) | Mugre rosa (project) | — | Eñe / Casa de Velázquez | 受賞／レジデンス |
| 2020 | British PEN Translates Award | The Rooftop | — | British PEN | 受賞 |
| 2023 | British PEN Translates Award | Pink Slime | — | British PEN | 受賞 |
| 2024 | National Book Award for Translated Literature (longlist) | Pink Slime (English translation by Heather Cleary) | — | National Book Foundation | ロングリスト |
| 2024 | Short Story Prize Ribera del Duero (finalist) | Una mujer de su época (short-story collection) | — | Ribera del Duero Prize | 最終候補 |
National Literature Prize (for Mugre rosa)
2020
Work:
Pink Slime
Organization:
Uruguayan national cultural body
Result:
受賞
Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo
2021
Organization:
Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo organization
Result:
受賞
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
2021
Organization:
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize organization
Result:
受賞
BankBoston Foundation Prize for National Culture
2006
Organization:
BankBoston Foundation
Result:
受賞
UNESCO-Aschberg scholarship
2004
Organization:
UNESCO-Aschberg
Result:
受給
Eñe–Casa de Velázquez Prize (residency)
2017
Work:
Mugre rosa (project)
Organization:
Eñe / Casa de Velázquez
Result:
受賞／レジデンス
British PEN Translates Award
2020
Work:
The Rooftop
Organization:
British PEN
Result:
受賞
British PEN Translates Award
2023
Work:
Pink Slime
Organization:
British PEN
Result:
受賞
National Book Award for Translated Literature (longlist)
2024
Work:
Pink Slime (English translation by Heather Cleary)
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
ロングリスト
Short Story Prize Ribera del Duero (finalist)
2024
Work:
Una mujer de su época (short-story collection)
Organization:
Ribera del Duero Prize
Result:
最終候補
Awards & Nominations
National Book Award for Translated Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (2024) Longlisted
Works
Major Works
The Rooftop
2002 NovelA novella exploring loneliness and ruptures in everyday urban life, blurring the line between reality and imagination.
LonelinessThe cityReality vs. fantasy
Translations
- Translated into multiple languages including English (The Rooftop)
The Invincible City
NovelA city-set novel that depicts memory and the uncanny aspects of urban life.
CityMemoryAnxiety
Pink Slime
2020 Novel / Short fictionA work that confronts corporeality, female experience, and the erosion of urban life; highly praised nationally and internationally.
CorporealityFemale experienceUrban erosion
Translations
- English translation by Heather Cleary and translations into several other languages
You Will Not Dream Flowers
Short story collectionA collection of short stories capturing fissures in daily life and subtle emotional states.
Everyday lifeSubtle emotionsRelationships
The Return
ChapbookA short chapbook dealing with return and memory.
ReturnMemory
Notebook for Only One Eye
NovellaAn early novella; an experimental text published during her initial creative period.
Experimental styleLimited perspective
Bibliography
- The Rooftop
- The Invincible City
- Pink Slime
- You Will Not Dream Flowers
- The Return
- Notebook for Only One Eye
- Una mujer de su época (short-story collection)
Translations of Works
- Works translated into 17+ languages including English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Greek, Arabic, Polish, etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Blurs the boundary between reality and fantasyConcise, tension-driven, and elliptical prose
- Recurring Motifs
- LonelinessThe cityCorporealityMixture of dream and reality
Legacy
Regarded as one of the prominent contemporary Uruguayan writers; international translations and awards have secured her a strong position in Latin American literature.
Trivia
- She was a friend and student of writer Mario Levrero.
- Her work has been translated into more than 17 languages.
- Contributed to the collection 'De los flexes terpines' directed by Levrero and published her first novella in its fifth volume.
- The English translation of Mugre rosa (by Heather Cleary) was longlisted for the 2024 National Book Awards (Translated Literature).