She would later on become immersed in the wide networks of writing workshops from the age of 16.
Samanta remembers her grandfather reading Latin American poetry and getting emotional and she wanted to experience that. She has said that her enthusiasm and curiosity about writing were fueled by members of her family most of whom also loved books. Other influences while she was living in Argentina included the likes of Tobias Wolff, Raymond Carver, and Flannery O’Connor. These have had a significant influence on her writings as the intensity, surrealism, and violence of their works can be found in her works. At the age of twelve, her favorite authors were Ray Bradbury of “October Country” and short story collections by Franz Kafka and Julio Cortazar. Samanta has always been interested in writing and reading ever since she was a child. In between appearing in South America and Reykjavik, she has been speaking about how to write, reading Kafka in German, and talking about her literary inspirations. With critically acclaimed and award-winning works published, Schweblin has cemented her reputation as one of the rare authors that are exceptional in writing in both the novel and short fiction formats. In 2019, her second novel “Kentukis” that was translated into English as “Little Eyes” made the Longlist for the Man Booker International Prize. “Fever Dream” her debut would later make the shortlist for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize. The introduction to the author was when her novel “Fever Dream” was translated into English in 2017. However, it is only recently that her novels and short story collections came into the radar of English readers in the United States.
After enjoying much success in Argentina and other parts of the world, her novels are now printed in more than 35 languages across the globe. For her critically acclaimed works, she has been celebrated as her generation’s most innovative Spanish author even though her debut came nearly two decades ago. Samanta Schweblin is an Argentinian literary fiction author best known for her debut novel “Fever Dream.” Schweblin grew up in a Buenos Aires suburb from where she started her writing career though she has been living in Berlin since 2012.
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