Agustina Bazterrica (born 1974) is an Argentine writer. She is noted for her short stories and her novels, and she has won multiple literary prizes. [1]
She was born in Buenos Aires, and studied Fine Arts at UBA. [1]
Cadáver Exquisito won the 2017 Clarín Novel Prize, [2] and the Ladies of Horror Fiction award for "Best Novel", the only winner not originally written in English, [3] [4] and has been translated into a number of languages, including in English under the title Tender is the Flesh. [5]
A key figure in the Buenos Aires literary scene, she has co-curated the art event series Siga al Conejo Blanco, and she runs reading and writing workshops with her friend and fellow writer Agustina Caride. [6] [7]