Alberto Manguel


Alberto Manguel is an Argentine Canadian anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist and editor. He is the author of numerous nonfiction books such as The Dictionary of Imaginary Places , A History of Reading , The Library at Night and Homers Iliad and Odyssey A Biography and novels such as News From a Foreign Country Came . Though almost all of Manguels books were written in English, two of his novels were written in Spanish, and El regreso has not yet been published in English. Manguel has also written film criticism such as Bride of Frankenstein and collections of essays such as Into the Looking Glass Wood . In 2007, Manguel was selected to be that years annual lecturer for the prestigious Massey Lectures.

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