Anna Kazumi Stahl is a fiction writer and PhD (Comparative Literature, University of California Berkeley). As from 2013, she directs New York University’s academic program in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Born and educated in the USA, Anna Kazumi Stahl has lived in Buenos Aires for 20 years having established herself as a published fiction writer in the Spanish language. Her fiction doctoral dissertation – treating the South American, USA and German traditions – focused on literature influenced by transnational migration and multi-cultural encounters, a topic that informs her fiction writing as well as her current research interests.
Her university teaching specializes in “World/Multicultural Literature” in addition to intensive workshops in “Creative Writing.” In addition, every year, she offers seminars in literature and visual cultures at the MALBA museum.
As a fiction writer, Anna Kazumi Stahl has published two book-length works of fiction and numerous short stories. Her writing has been published in Latin America, the USA, Western Europe, and Japan. Her novel Flores de un solo dia (2003) was a finalist for the Romulo Gallegos prize for new Latin American fiction. Besides fiction, Anna Kazumi Stahl has published critical essays on bi-cultural identity in Argentina, the USA, and Japan.
As a translator, she has worked with Latin American authors such as Ricardo Piglia and filmmakers like Hector Babenco and Lucrecia Martel. With her mother, Tomiko Sasagawa Stahl, their collaboration introduced works by critic Michitaro Tada and artist Yayoi Kusama to Spanish language readers.
She is an active member of PEN/Argentina and is a Board Member of the Fulbright Commission in Argentina.
aks5@nyu.edu
