David Unger

David Unger Yarhi was bestowed Guatemala's Miguel Angel Asturias National Prize in Literature in 2014 for lifetime achievement--the first author writing exclusively in English to win a major Latin American literature award. He is the author of Jose Feeds the World (Sourcebooks, IL, 2024), In My Eyes, You Are Beautiful (Mosaic Press, Toronto, 2023), Durmiendo con la luz encendida (F y G Editores, 2023), Mole Mole/Topo Pecoso (Green Seeds, 2021), Sleeping With the Light On (Groundwood Books, 2020), Vivir en el maldito tropico (F y G Editores, Guatemala, 2016), The Mastermind (Akashic Books, 2016 and translated into ten other languages), El precio de la fuga (F y G Editores, Guatemala, 2013) La Casita (CIDCLI, Mexico, 2012), The Price of Escape (Akashic Books, 2011), Para mi, eres divina (Random House Mondadori, Mexico, 2011), Ni chicha, ni limonada (F & G Editores, Guatemala, 2019, 2009; Recorded Books, 2010), Life in the Damn Tropics (Wisconsin University Press, Plaza y Janes (Mexico, 2004), Locus Press (Taiwan, 2007)), and In My Eyes, You Are Beautiful. He has translated sixteen books into English, including the work of Nicanor Parra, Silvia Molina, Elena Garro, Barbara Jacobs, Mario Benedetti, Rigoberta Menchu. In 2022, his translation of Miguel Angel Asturias' Mr. President was published by Penguin Classics to glowing reviews. La Casita and Para mi, eres divina are also available as audio books through Storytel. Born in Guatemala City, he lives in Brooklyn, NY.