Álvaro Enrigue

Álvaro Enrigue is a prize-winning Mexican writer whose most recently released novel is “Now I Surrender." He is also the author of “You Dreamed of Empires.” His work has appeared in The New York Times, The London Review of Books, El País, and n+1, among other publications. A former Fellow at the Cullman Center and at Princeton University, he teaches Latin American Literature at Hofstra University and lives with his family in New York City.

Awards: Herralde Prize in Spain, the Elena Poniatowska International Novel Award in Mexico, and the Barcelona Prize for Fiction

Communities: Hispanic or Latinx

Borderlore: Narrativas de la Frontera

This bilingual panel features two award-winning writers born in México as they discuss their books set on the U.S.-Mexican border. Dos reconocidos escritores mexicanos hablan de sus libros que toman lugar en la frontera entre México y los Estados Unidos en esta discusión bilingüe.

Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)  
Sat, Mar 14, 2:30 pm - 3:25 pm
Nuestras Raices
Signing area: Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)  

Panelists: Álvaro Enrigue, Luis Alberto Urrea
Moderator: Victor Mercado

Conscience and Consequence

How does fiction confront the moral weight of history? And what responsibilities do writers bear in retelling it? In this panel, our authors will explore the intersections of empire, revolution and redemption, revealing how the echoes of the past shape identity, justice and truth in the present.

Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)  
Sun, Mar 15, 10:00 am - 10:55 am
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Álvaro Enrigue, Nathan Harris
Moderator: April Ignacio

Books:

Now I Surrender

A Novel
Nuestras Raices
Penguin Group
March 2026
ISBN 9780593084076
464 pages
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You Dreamed of Empires

A Novel
Nuestras Raices
Penguin Group
December 2024
ISBN 9780593544808
240 pages
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