Michel Nieva was born in 1988 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In his native Spanish he has published several novels, poetry collections and essays. His prose mixes science fiction and speculative genres with Argentinean historical and literary traditions, a blend dubbed gaucho-punk. In 2021 Nieva was named among the best young Spanish writers by Granta magazine. His short story Dengue Boy (basis for the novel with the same title), won the O. Henry Award in 2022. Michel lives in New York and teaches Latin American literature at NYU.
This biography was last updated on 02/04/2025.
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