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Mariana Enríquez

マリアナ・エンヒケス

Mariana Enríquez

Aliases: Mariana Enriquez

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1973-01-01 （Buenos Aires）
Nationality
Argentine
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Buenos Aires → Valentín Alsina → La Plata → Launceston, Tasmania

Career

Occupations
journalist, novelist, short story writer
Active Years
1995-2025
Affiliations
Página/12 (deputy editor of the Arts and Culture section)

Education

National University of La Plata
Journalism and Social Communication
Degree: 学位
Country: Argentina

Awards

Premio Herralde
2019
Work: Nuestra parte de noche
Organization: Anagrama
Result: winner
Platinum Konex Award
2024
Organization: Fundación Konex
Result: winner
World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
2025
Work: A Sunny Place for Shady People
Organization: Locus Science Fiction Foundation
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

World Fantasy Award 1 appearances
  1. Edition 51 (2025) Winner
    Work: A Sunny Place for Shady People

    A collection of stories about ghosts, uncanny presences, and bodily unease that sharpens the horror lurking beneath everyday life.

    Cruel, vivid stories that cut out the uncanny hiding inside ordinary life.

    272 pages
    short story collectiongothichauntingbody horrorLatin American fiction

Works

Major Works

Nuestra parte de noche

2019 Horror

A novel about family and occult terror

horrorgothicArgentine society
Translations
  • Our Share of Night

Los peligros de fumar en la cama

2009 Short story collection

Horror short story collection

horrorgothic
Translations
  • The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

Bibliography

  • Bajar es lo peor (1995)
  • Cómo desaparecer completamente (2004)
  • Éste es el mar (2017)
  • Nuestra parte de noche (2019)
  • Los peligros de fumar en la cama (2009)
  • Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego (2016)
  • Chicos que vuelven (2010)
  • Un lugar soleado para gente sombría (2024)

Adaptations

  • My Sad Dead (Netflix miniseries, 2025)

Translations of Works

  • Things We Lost in the Fire (English)
  • Our Share of Night (English)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
horrorgothicnew Argentine narrative
Recurring Motifs
ghostsviolenceArgentine suburbs

Legacy

Leading figure in contemporary Argentine horror, internationally acclaimed with multiple awards.

In Popular Culture

  • Netflix adaptation

Trivia

  • Relocated to Tasmania in 2025.
  • Married under a highway overpass in Buenos Aires.