Gabriela Cabezón Cámara was born in Buenos Aires and is one of the leading figures in Argentinian literature
Her previous novels are Slum Virgin, Romance of the Blonde Brunette and The Adventures of China Iron, which was shortlisted for the International Booker and Médicis prizes.
She is also the author of two collections of short stories: Sacrifices and Her Waste Became a Crowd, as well as a novella, You’ve Seen God’s Face, later republished as a graphic novel, which won the Argentine Senate’s Alfredo Palacios Prize.
Her novel We Are Green and Trembling, translated from Spanish to English by Robin Myers, was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026.
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Written in luminous, wild, lyrical and inventive language, We Are Green and Trembling is at once playful and devastating, tender and enraging
— The International Booker Prize 2026 judges on We Are Green and Trembling
