Rodrigo Hasbún
Rodrigo Hasbún (b.1981) is a Bolivian novelist of Palestinian descent. He is the author of two novels and a collection of short stories. In 2007 he was selected by the Hay Festival as one of the Bogota’s best Latin American authors under the age of 39. In 2010 he was chosen as one of Granta’s Twenty Best Spanish writers under the age of 35. His work has appeared in Granta, McSweeney’s, Zoetrope: All-Story, Words Without Borders, and elsewhere. His second novel, Affections, received an English PEN Award and has been published in twelve languages. Hasbún is now living and working in Houston.