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Samanta Schweblin

Argentina

Samanta Schweblin was born in Buenos Aires in 1978. In 2001 she was granted her first award by the Fondo Nacional de las Artes.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Horror

Novels

Fever Dream (2017)
Little Eyes (2020)

Collections

   A Mouthful of Birds (2019)
   Seven Empty Houses (2022)
   Good and Evil and Other Stories (2025)

Series contributed to

Electric Literature's Recommended Reading
Birds in the Mouth (2012)

Books containing stories by Samanta Schweblin

The Best Short Stories 2026 (2026)
(O. Henry Prize Stories)
edited by
Tommy Orange

The Penguin Book of the International Short Story (2026)
edited by
Rabih Alameddine and John Freeman

The Best Short Stories 2022 (2022)
(O. Henry Prize Stories)
edited by
Valeria Luiselli

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Award nominations

	2025 Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection (nominee) : Good and Evil and Other Stories
	2021 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : Little Eyes
	2020 Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection (nominee) : A Mouthful of Birds
	2020 International Booker Prize (nominee) : Little Eyes
	2019 International Booker Prize (nominee) : A Mouthful of Birds
	2017 International Booker Prize (nominee) : Fever Dream

Samanta Schweblin recommends

To Bewitch a Hunter (2026)
Luciano Lamberti
"In addition to its polyphony of characters, moments of truth, and the stark power of its story, this is a complex and disturbing book . . . Proceed with caution because, as with many great books, not everything is entirely what it seems."

This is Not Miami (2023)
Fernanda Melchor
"Fernanda Melchor has a powerful voice, and by powerful I mean unsparing, devastating, the voice of someone who writes with rage and has the skill to pull it off."

Home Reading Service (2021)
Fabio Morábito
"First, the tempting promise of an almost existential discovery, then bewilderment, subtle humor, and then everything in this story that seemed small and simple strikes back with extraordinary resonance. What a pleasure it always is to read Morabito."

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