Antonio Díaz Oliva

Antonio Díaz Oliva (ADO) is a writer born in Temuco (Chile) living in Chicago. He is the author of the novel La soga de los muertos and the short story collection Las Experiencias. He’s also the editor of the anthologies 20/40 and Estados Hispanos de América: Nueva Narrativa Latinoamericana Made in USA, in which he brings together authors living in the United States who write in Spanish. In 2010 he received the Roberto Bolaño Young Writers Award and in 2017 the National Book Award for Best Story Collection by the National Book Council of Chile. He was chosen by FIL-Guadalajara as one of the most outstanding Latin American writers born during the 80s. His journalism and essays have been published in Rolling Stone, Gatopardo, Letras Libre and El Malpensante.