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Álvaro Enrigue

Mexico (b.1969)

Álvaro Enrigue is the award winning author of four novels and two books of short stories. He was awarded the prestigious Joaquín Mortiz Prize for his first novel, La muerte de un instalador (Death of an Installation Artist). His novel Muerte súbita (Sudden Death) won the Herralde Novel Prize in 2013.

Genres: Historical

New and upcoming books

March 2026

Now I Surrender

Novels

   Sudden Death (2016)
   You Dreamed of Empires (2024)
   Perpendicular Lives (2024)
   Now I Surrender (2026)

Collections

Hypothermia (2013)

Award nominations

	2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction (longlist) : You Dreamed of Empires
	2024 HWA Gold Crown Award (shortlist) : You Dreamed of Empires
	2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction (longlist) : Sudden Death

Álvaro Enrigue recommends

The Love Parade (2022)
(Carnival trilogy , book 1)
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