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'''Daniel Alarcón''' (born March 5, 1977 in [[Lima, Peru]]) is a novelist, journalist and radio producer. He is co-founder, host and executive producer of ''Radio Ambulante'', an award-winning Spanish language podcast distributed by NPR. Currently, he is an assistant professor of broadcast journalism at [[Columbia University|the Columbia University]] Journalism School<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journalism.columbia.edu/faculty/daniel-alarc%C3%B3n|title = Daniel Alarcón &#124; Columbia Journalism School}}</ref> and writes about Latin America for ''[[The New Yorker]].''
'''Daniel Alarcón''' (born March 5, 1977, in [[Lima, Peru]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Alarcón |url=https://granta.com/contributor/daniel-alarcon/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Granta |language=en-US}}</ref> is a Peruvian-American novelist, journalist and radio producer. He is co-founder, host and executive producer of ''[[Radio Ambulante]]'', an award-winning Spanish language podcast distributed by [[NPR]]. Currently, he is an assistant professor of broadcast journalism at the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journalism.columbia.edu/faculty/daniel-alarc%C3%B3n|title = Daniel Alarcón &#124; Columbia Journalism School}}</ref> and writes about Latin America for ''[[The New Yorker]].''


He began his career writing fiction, publishing stories in magazines like ''The New Yorker'', ''[[Granta]]'', ''[[Virginia Quarterly Review]]'' and elsewhere, and his short stories have been widely anthologized. He served as Associate Editor of the Peruvian magazine ''[[Etiqueta Negra (magazine)|Etiqueta Negra]]'' until 2015. He is a former [[Fulbright Scholar]] to [[Peru]], and a 2011 Artist in Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts. His novel ''[[At Night We Walk in Circles]]'' was published by [[Riverhead Books]] in October 2013. His most recent story collection, ''The King is Always Above the [https://radioambulante.org People]'', was long-listed for the [[National Book Award]] in 2018, and won the 2019 Clarke Prize in Fiction. He received the [[MacArthur Genius|MacArthur 'Genius Grant']] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=N|last2=P|last3=R|date=2021-09-28|title=Radio Ambulante's Daniel Alarcón Receives Prestigious MacArthur 'Genius Grant'|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/1040956950/radio-ambulantes-daniel-alarcon-receives-prestigious-macarthur-genius-grant|access-date=2021-09-30}}</ref>
He began his career writing fiction, publishing stories in magazines like ''The New Yorker'', ''[[Granta]]'', ''[[Virginia Quarterly Review]]'' and elsewhere, and his short stories have been widely anthologized. He served as Associate Editor of the Peruvian magazine ''[[Etiqueta Negra (magazine)|Etiqueta Negra]]'' until 2015. He is a former [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Scholar]] to [[Peru]], and a 2011 Artist in Residence at the [[Headlands Center for the Arts]]. His novel ''[[At Night We Walk in Circles]]'' was published by [[Riverhead Books]] in October 2013. His most recent story collection, ''The King is Always Above the People'', was long-listed for the [[National Book Award]] in 2018, and won the 2019 Clarke Prize in Fiction. He received the [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur 'Genius Grant']] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=N|last2=P|last3=R|date=2021-09-28|title=Radio Ambulante's Daniel Alarcón Receives Prestigious MacArthur 'Genius Grant'|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/1040956950/radio-ambulantes-daniel-alarcon-receives-prestigious-macarthur-genius-grant|access-date=2021-09-30}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Alarcón, a native of Peru, was raised from the age of 3, in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], and is an alumnus of [[Indian Springs School]]. As a high schooler, he attended the [[Telluride Association Summer Program]].<ref name="Arana 2006">{{cite news|last1=Arana|first1=Marie|title=Daniel Alarcón: Writing North, Pointing South|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072001030.html|accessdate=4 June 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=23 July 2006}}</ref> He earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Columbia University in 1999 and a [[master of fine arts]] degree in fiction from the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] in 2004. He has studied in [[Ghana]] and been a public school teacher in [[New York City]]. He was a high school classmate of novelist [[John Green (author)|John Green]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22tF3y_epZs</ref>
Alarcón, a native of Peru, was raised from the age of 3, in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], and is an alumnus of [[Indian Springs School]]. As a high schooler, he attended the [[Telluride Association Summer Program]].<ref name="Arana 2006">{{cite news|last1=Arana|first1=Marie|title=Daniel Alarcón: Writing North, Pointing South|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072001030.html|accessdate=4 June 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=23 July 2006}}</ref> He earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Columbia University in 1999 and a [[Master of Fine Arts|master of fine arts]] degree in fiction from the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] in 2004. He has studied in [[Ghana]] and been a public school teacher in [[New York City]]. He was a high school classmate of novelist [[John Green]].<ref>{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/22tF3y_epZs |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22tF3y_epZs |title = Let's Talk about Books |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


His first book, ''War by Candlelight'', was a finalist for the 2006 [[Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award|PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award]]. In 2008, he was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]], a [[Lannan Literary Awards|Lannan Fellowship]], named a "Best Young American Novelist" by ''[[Granta]]'' magazine, and one of 39 under 39 Latin American Novelists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bogotá 39 Escritores Menores de 39|url=http://www.hayfestival.com/bogota39/en-index.aspx/|accessdate=27 November 2013}}</ref> In 2010, he was also recognized by the ''New Yorker'' as one of 20 promising writers under 40.
His first book, ''War by Candlelight'', was a finalist for the 2006 [[PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel|PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award]]. In 2008, he was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]], a [[Lannan Literary Awards|Lannan Fellowship]], named a "Best Young American Novelist" by ''[[Granta]]'' magazine, and one of 39 under 39 Latin American Novelists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bogotá 39 Escritores Menores de 39|url=http://www.hayfestival.com/bogota39/en-index.aspx/|accessdate=27 November 2013|archive-date=December 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222344/http://www.hayfestival.com/bogota39/en-index.aspx/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, he was also recognized by ''The'' ''New Yorker'' as one of 20 promising writers under 40.


Alarcón's debut novel, ''[[Lost City Radio]]'', was published 2007, and has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Serbian, Turkish, and Japanese. The German translation of ''Lost City Radio'' by Friedericke Meltendorf received the [[International Literature Award]] from the [[Haus der Kulturen der Welt]]. In 2009, he published a collection of short stories, ''El rey está siempre por encima del pueblo'' (''The king is always above the people''), and the following year, "Ciudad de payasos", a graphic novel adapted from his 2003 story ''City of Clowns'', with illustrations by Peruvian artist Sheila Alvarado.
Alarcón's [[debut novel]], ''[[Lost City Radio]]'', was published 2007, and has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Serbian, Turkish, and Japanese. The German translation of ''Lost City Radio'' by Friedericke Meltendorf received the [[International Literature Award]] from the [[Haus der Kulturen der Welt]]. In 2009, he published a collection of short stories, ''El rey está siempre por encima del pueblo'' (''The king is always above the people''), and the following year, "Ciudad de payasos", a graphic novel adapted from his 2003 story ''City of Clowns'', with illustrations by Peruvian artist Sheila Alvarado.


In 2011, he co-founded Radio Ambulante with his wife Carolina Guerrero, along with Camila Segura, [[Martina Castro]] and Annie Correal.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Egaña|first=Crysly|date=2021-03-05|title=Radio Ambulante: una década de riguroso contenido artesanal|language=es|website=EL NACIONAL|url=https://www.elnacional.com/entretenimiento/radio-ambulante-una-decada-de-riguroso-contenido-artesanal/|access-date=2021-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Guerra Correa|first=Fabio|date=2016-03-04|title=Hablame de vos|url=https://brecha.com.uy/hablame-de-vos/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Brecha|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204223321/http://brecha.com.uy:80/hablame-de-vos/ |archive-date=2018-12-04 }}</ref>
In 2011, he co-founded Radio Ambulante with his wife Carolina Guerrero, along with Camila Segura, Martina Castro and Annie Correal.


In 2013, his second novel, ''[[At Night We Walk in Circles]]'', was published to critical acclaim.
In 2013, his second novel, ''[[At Night We Walk in Circles]]'', was published to critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Alarcón |url=https://granta.com/contributor/daniel-alarcon/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Granta |language=en-US}}</ref>

Alarcón resides in [[Oakland, California]], and works at [[Mills College at Northeastern University|Mills College]] as a Distinguished Visiting Writer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Alarcón |url=https://granta.com/contributor/daniel-alarcon/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Granta |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
{{Incomplete list |date=October 2013}}
===Books===
* {{cite book |date=2005 |title=War by Candlelight: Stories |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v8jRdGvGVu8C&q=daniel+alarcon |publisher=Harper |isbn=978-0-06059-478-7}}
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** Translated to Spanish by Rayo: ''Guerra en la Penumbra'' in 2005 and by Alfaguara: ''Guerra à la Luz de las Velas'' 2006
* {{cite book |date=2007 |title=Lost City Radio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S26ofyngCD0C&q=daniel+alarcon+lost+city+radio |publisher=Harper |isbn=978-0-06059-479-4 }}
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** Translated to Spanish: ''Radio Ciudad Perdida'', Alfaguara, 2007.
* {{cite book |date=2013 |title=At Night We Walk in Circles |url=https://archive.org/details/atnightwewalkinc0000alar |url-access=registration |quote=at night we walk in circles. |publisher=Riverhead Books |isbn=978-1-59463-171-9 }}
* {{cite book |date=2017 |title=The King Is Always Above the People |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZBTDgAAQBAJ&q=The+King+Is+Always+Above+the+People |publisher=Riverhead Books |isbn=978-1-59463-172-6}}

====Spanish language books====
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* '' El Rey siempre está por encima del pueblo'' Editorial Sexto Piso, Mexico City, Mexico, 2009. Published also in Lima Peru by Editorial Seix Barral, Planeta, 2009

===Short stories===
*{{cite magazine |date=June 16, 2003 |title=City of Clowns |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/06/16/city-of-clowns |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] }}
*{{cite journal |date=Summer 2004 |title=Lima, Peru, July 28, 1979 |url=http://www.vqronline.org/fiction/lima-peru-july-28-1979 |journal=Virginia Quarterly Review |volume=80 |issue=3 }}
*{{cite journal |date=Spring 2007 |title=The King Is Always Above the People |url=https://granta.com/the-king-is-always-above-the-people/ |journal=Granta |issue=97: Best of Young American Novelists 2 }} (Subscription Required)
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*{{cite journal |year=2008 |title=The Bridge |journal=[[Granta]] |volume=103 |issue=Autumn |pages=181–212 |url=http://granta.com/the-bridge/ }}
*{{cite journal |year=2012 |title=The Provincials |journal=[[Granta]] |volume=118 |issue=Winter |url=http://granta.com/the-provincials/ }}
*{{cite journal |date=Winter 2012 |title=The Composer |url=http://www.vqronline.org/fiction/composer |journal=Virginia Quarterly Review |volume=88 |issue=1 }}


===Articles and criticism===
===Novels===
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* ''[[Lost City Radio]]'' (2007)<!--Translated to Spanish: Radio Ciudad Perdida, Alfaguara, 2007-->
*{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2005/05/24/alarcon/ |title=What kind of Latino am I? |date=May 24, 2005 |website=Salon }}
* ''[[At Night We Walk in Circles]]'' (Riverhead Books, 2013)
*{{cite journal |date=September 2006 |title=Let's go, country: The new Latin left comes to Peru |url=http://harpers.org/archive/2006/09/lets-go-country/ |journal=[[Harper's]] }}
*{{cite web |url=https://granta.com/Lost-in-Translation/ |title=Lost in Translation |date=January 23, 2009 |website=Granta }}
*{{cite web |url=https://granta.com/The-Inauguration/ |title=The Inauguration |date=January 27, 2009 |website=Granta }}
*{{cite journal |date=Winter 2009 |title=Life Among the Pirates |url=https://granta.com/life-among-the-pirates/ |journal=Granta |issue=109: Work }}
*{{cite journal |date=Autumn 2011 |title=The Ground Floor |url=https://granta.com/the-ground-floor/ |journal=Granta |issue=117: Horror }} (Subscription Required)


===Anthologies===
=== Short fiction ===
;Collections
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* ''War by Candlelight: Stories'' (2005)<!--Translated to Spanish by Rayo: Guerra en la Penumbra in 2005 and by Alfaguara: Guerra à la Luz de las Velas 2006-->
* ''The King Is Always Above the People''
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* ''El Rey siempre está por encima del pueblo'' Editorial Sexto Piso, Mexico City, Mexico, 2009<!--Published also in Lima Peru by Editorial Seix Barral, Planeta, 2009-->
;Anthologies (edited)
* ''Zoetrope All Story: The Latin American Issue''. A compilation of stories by Latin American writers. Co-edited with Diego Trelles Paz. Spring 2009
* ''Zoetrope All Story: The Latin American Issue''. A compilation of stories by Latin American writers. Co-edited with Diego Trelles Paz. Spring 2009
;Stories
* {{cite book |date=2010 |title=The Secret Miracle: The Novelist's Handbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OP2WN0XHgYC&q=secret+miracle |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |isbn=978-0-80508-714-7 }} (Edited by Alarcón)
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* "Lima, Peru, July 28, 1979", ''Virginia Quarterly Review''
* "The King Is Always Above the People", ''Granta''
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*{{cite journal |year=2008 |title=The Bridge |journal=[[Granta]] |volume=103 |issue=Autumn |pages=181–212 |url= |accessdate=}}
* "The Provincials", ''Granta''
* The Composer, ''Virginia Quarterly Review''


===Adaptations===
===Graphic novels===
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* ''City of Clowns''. Illustrated by Sheila Alvarado. [[Riverhead Books]]. 2015. ISBN 978-1-59463-333-1. (Graphic novel adaptation of short story)
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1479328/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3 ''Payasos'' (2009)] - Peruvian short film adapting Alarcón's story "City of Clowns"

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* {{cite book |date=2015 |title=City of Clowns |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BLKaBwAAQBAJ&q=city+of+clowns |others=Illustrated by Sheila Alvarado|publisher=Riverhead Books |isbn=978-1-59463-333-1 }} (Graphic novel adaptation of short story)
===Non-fiction===
* "What kind of Latino am I?". ''Salon''. May 24, 2005.
* "Let's go, country: The new Latin left comes to Peru". Harper's. September 2006.
* "Lost in Translation". ''Granta''. January 23, 2009.
* "The Inauguration". ''Granta''. January 27, 2009.
* "Life Among the Pirates". ''Granta'' (109: Work). Winter 2009.
* {{cite book <!--|editor=Alarcón, Daniel |editor-mask=1--> |title=The secret miracle : the novelist's handbook |location=New York |publisher=Henry Holt |year=2010}}
* "The Ground Floor". ''Granta'' (117: Horror). Autumn 2011. (Subscription Required)
* "A Peruvian Soccer Fan in Exile". ''The New Yorker''. November 13, 2017
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Alarcón, Daniel |author-mask=1--> |date=April 5, 2021 |title=The collapse at Arecibo : the loss of Puerto Rico's iconic telescope |department=Annals of Astronomy |journal=The New Yorker |volume=97 |issue=7 |pages=16–20 |url= <!--|access-date=2022-08-29-->}}


==Awards==
==Awards==
* Recipient of a [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]] in 2004 for fiction
* Recipient of a [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]] in 2004 for fiction<ref name="whiting">{{cite web |url=http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/daniel-alarcon#/ |title=Daniel Alarcón: 2004 Winner in Fiction| publisher = The Whiting Foundation | access-date =2023-11-10}}</ref>
* Recipient of a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] 2007
* Recipient of a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] 2007
* One of 21 Young American Novelists [[Granta]], UK, 2007
* One of 21 Young American Novelists [[Granta]], UK, 2007
* One of 39 under 39 Latino American Novelists (Hay Festival, Bogota, Colombia, 2007)
* One of 39 under 39 Latino American Novelists (Hay Festival, Bogota, Colombia, 2007)
* One of 7 finalists for the Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, Mercantile Library For Fiction, 2007<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080531043416/http://www.mercantilelibrary.org/awards/sargent.php]</ref>
* One of 7 finalists for the Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, Mercantile Library For Fiction, 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mercantilelibrary.org/awards/sargent.php |title=The Mercantile Library • the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize |website=www.mercantilelibrary.org |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531043416/http://www.mercantilelibrary.org/awards/sargent.php |archive-date=31 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Recipient of a [[Lannan Literary Awards#Lannan Literary Fellowship|Lannan Literary Fellowship]] in 2007
* Recipient of a [[Lannan Literary Awards#Lannan Literary Fellowship|Lannan Literary Fellowship]] in 2007
* One of 37 under 36 selected by the ''[[Smithsonian Magazine]]'' (Fall Special Issue, 2007) as Young American Innovators in the Arts and Sciences
* One of 37 under 36 selected by the ''[[Smithsonian Magazine]]'' (Fall Special Issue, 2007) as Young American Innovators in the Arts and Sciences
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* Alabama Library Association Award for Fiction, Birmingham, Alabama, 2008
* Alabama Library Association Award for Fiction, Birmingham, Alabama, 2008
* 2008 Pen USA award for Lost City Radio, Los Angeles, CA
* 2008 Pen USA award for Lost City Radio, Los Angeles, CA
* 2009 International Literature Award – House of World Cultures (Berlin, Germany)<ref>[http://www.hkw.de/en/programm/2009/literaturpreis/literaturpreis.php]</ref>
* 2009 International Literature Award – House of World Cultures (Berlin, Germany)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hkw.de/de/div/fehlerseiten/seite_nicht_gefunden.php|title=fehlerseiten|publisher=Haus der Kulturen der Welt|date=16 March 2022|language=de|access-date=April 24, 2023|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229052846/https://www.hkw.de/de/div/fehlerseiten/seite_nicht_gefunden.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The "Idiot President" has been selected for the best short stories and a narrative about describing his traveling in Palestine for the best travel stories. Both in 2009.
* The "Idiot President" has been selected for the best short stories and a narrative about describing his traveling in Palestine for the best travel stories. Both in 2009.
* ''The King Is Always Above the People,'' was chosen as one of three 2017 finalists for The [[Story Prize]].
* ''The King Is Always Above the People,'' was chosen as one of three 2017 finalists for The [[Story Prize]].
*2021 [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite web | title=MacArthur Foundation Announces 2021 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners | website=The New York Times | date=September 28, 2021 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/arts/macarthur-foundation-announces-2021-genius-grant-winners.html | access-date=September 28, 2021}}</ref>
*2021 [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite web | title=MacArthur Foundation Announces 2021 'Genius' Grant Winners | website=The New York Times | date=September 28, 2021 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/arts/macarthur-foundation-announces-2021-genius-grant-winners.html | access-date=September 28, 2021}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050204151629/http://www.danielalarcon.com/ Daniel Alarcón] website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050204151629/http://www.danielalarcon.com/ Daniel Alarcón] website
* [http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/daniel-alarcon#/ Profile at The Whiting Foundation]
*[https://www.loc.gov/item/2016686100/ Daniel Alarcón] recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division's audio literary archive on May 9, 2014
*[https://www.loc.gov/item/2016686100/ Daniel Alarcón] recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division's audio literary archive on May 9, 2014


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Latest revision as of 12:13, 7 March 2024

Daniel Alarcón
Alarcón in 2018
Alarcón in 2018
Born (1977-03-05) March 5, 1977 (age 47)
Lima, Peru
Occupation
  • Autor
  • journalist
  • radio producer
Alma materColumbia University (BA)
University of Iowa (MFA)
Notable awardsMacArthur Fellowship (2021)
SpouseCarolina Guerrero
ChildrenLeón & Eliseo
Website
radioambulante.org

Daniel Alarcón (born March 5, 1977, in Lima, Peru)[1] is a Peruvian-American novelist, journalist and radio producer. He is co-founder, host and executive producer of Radio Ambulante, an award-winning Spanish language podcast distributed by NPR. Currently, he is an assistant professor of broadcast journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism[2] and writes about Latin America for The New Yorker.

He began his career writing fiction, publishing stories in magazines like The New Yorker, Granta, Virginia Quarterly Review and elsewhere, and his short stories have been widely anthologized. He served as Associate Editor of the Peruvian magazine Etiqueta Negra until 2015. He is a former Fulbright Scholar to Peru, and a 2011 Artist in Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts. His novel At Night We Walk in Circles was published by Riverhead Books in October 2013. His most recent story collection, The King is Always Above the People, was long-listed for the National Book Award in 2018, and won the 2019 Clarke Prize in Fiction. He received the MacArthur 'Genius Grant' in 2021.[3]

Biography

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Alarcón, a native of Peru, was raised from the age of 3, in Birmingham, Alabama, and is an alumnus of Indian Springs School. As a high schooler, he attended the Telluride Association Summer Program.[4] He earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Columbia University in 1999 and a master of fine arts degree in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2004. He has studied in Ghana and been a public school teacher in New York City. He was a high school classmate of novelist John Green.[5]

His first book, War by Candlelight, was a finalist for the 2006 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award. In 2008, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lannan Fellowship, named a "Best Young American Novelist" by Granta magazine, and one of 39 under 39 Latin American Novelists.[6] In 2010, he was also recognized by The New Yorker as one of 20 promising writers under 40.

Alarcón's debut novel, Lost City Radio, was published 2007, and has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Serbian, Turkish, and Japanese. The German translation of Lost City Radio by Friedericke Meltendorf received the International Literature Award from the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. In 2009, he published a collection of short stories, El rey está siempre por encima del pueblo (The king is always above the people), and the following year, "Ciudad de payasos", a graphic novel adapted from his 2003 story City of Clowns, with illustrations by Peruvian artist Sheila Alvarado.

In 2011, he co-founded Radio Ambulante with his wife Carolina Guerrero, along with Camila Segura, Martina Castro and Annie Correal.[7][8]

In 2013, his second novel, At Night We Walk in Circles, was published to critical acclaim.[9]

Alarcón resides in Oakland, California, and works at Mills College as a Distinguished Visiting Writer.[10]

Bibliography

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Novels

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Short fiction

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Collections
  • War by Candlelight: Stories (2005)
  • The King Is Always Above the People
  • El Rey siempre está por encima del pueblo Editorial Sexto Piso, Mexico City, Mexico, 2009
Anthologies (edited)
  • Zoetrope All Story: The Latin American Issue. A compilation of stories by Latin American writers. Co-edited with Diego Trelles Paz. Spring 2009
Stories
Titel Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
"City of Clowns" The New Yorker Adapted as a 2009 Peruvian short film
  • "Lima, Peru, July 28, 1979", Virginia Quarterly Review
  • "The King Is Always Above the People", Granta
  • "The Bridge". Granta. 103 (Autumn): 181–212. 2008.
  • "The Provincials", Granta
  • The Composer, Virginia Quarterly Review

Graphic novels

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  • City of Clowns. Illustrated by Sheila Alvarado. Riverhead Books. 2015. ISBN 978-1-59463-333-1. (Graphic novel adaptation of short story)

Non-fiction

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  • "What kind of Latino am I?". Salon. May 24, 2005.
  • "Let's go, country: The new Latin left comes to Peru". Harper's. September 2006.
  • "Lost in Translation". Granta. January 23, 2009.
  • "The Inauguration". Granta. January 27, 2009.
  • "Life Among the Pirates". Granta (109: Work). Winter 2009.
  • The secret miracle : the novelist's handbook. New York: Henry Holt. 2010.
  • "The Ground Floor". Granta (117: Horror). Autumn 2011. (Subscription Required)
  • "A Peruvian Soccer Fan in Exile". The New Yorker. November 13, 2017
  • "The collapse at Arecibo : the loss of Puerto Rico's iconic telescope". Annals of Astronomy. The New Yorker. 97 (7): 16–20. April 5, 2021.

Awards

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  • Recipient of a Whiting Award in 2004 for fiction[11]
  • Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship 2007
  • One of 21 Young American Novelists Granta, UK, 2007
  • One of 39 under 39 Latino American Novelists (Hay Festival, Bogota, Colombia, 2007)
  • One of 7 finalists for the Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, Mercantile Library For Fiction, 2007[12]
  • Recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship in 2007
  • One of 37 under 36 selected by the Smithsonian Magazine (Fall Special Issue, 2007) as Young American Innovators in the Arts and Sciences
  • Lost City Radio has made the lists of best fiction for 2007 of The Washington Post, Booklist, The Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and The Financial Times (London).
  • Alabama Library Association Award for Fiction, Birmingham, Alabama, 2008
  • 2008 Pen USA award for Lost City Radio, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2009 International Literature Award – House of World Cultures (Berlin, Germany)[13]
  • The "Idiot President" has been selected for the best short stories and a narrative about describing his traveling in Palestine for the best travel stories. Both in 2009.
  • The King Is Always Above the People, was chosen as one of three 2017 finalists for The Story Prize.
  • 2021 MacArthur Fellowship[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Daniel Alarcón". Granta. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "Daniel Alarcón | Columbia Journalism School".
  3. ^ N; P; R (September 28, 2021). "Radio Ambulante's Daniel Alarcón Receives Prestigious MacArthur 'Genius Grant'". NPR. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  4. ^ Arana, Marie (July 23, 2006). "Daniel Alarcón: Writing North, Pointing South". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Let's Talk about Books. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Bogotá 39 Escritores Menores de 39". Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  7. ^ Egaña, Crysly (March 5, 2021). "Radio Ambulante: una década de riguroso contenido artesanal". EL NACIONAL (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  8. ^ Guerra Correa, Fabio (March 4, 2016). "Hablame de vos". Brecha (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 4, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Daniel Alarcón". Granta. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  10. ^ "Daniel Alarcón". Granta. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  11. ^ "Daniel Alarcón: 2004 Winner in Fiction". The Whiting Foundation. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  12. ^ "The Mercantile Library • the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize". www.mercantilelibrary.org. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  13. ^ "fehlerseiten" (in German). Haus der Kulturen der Welt. March 16, 2022. Archived from the original on December 29, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  14. ^ "MacArthur Foundation Announces 2021 'Genius' Grant Winners". The New York Times. September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
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