The Enigmatic Order

by Manuel Rivas

Translator Lorna Shaughnessy reads from The Disappearance of Snow by Manuel Rivas, pub Shearsman.

This book was shortlisted for the Popescu Prize 2013, judged by Karen Leeder and David Wheatley.

Poet, novelist, short-story writer and journalist, Manuel Rivas was born in A Coruña, Galicia (north-western Spain) in 1957, and writes in Galician, which is one of Spain’s co-official languages. His work has a deep connection with the landscape, folklore and history of Galicia, but has a universal impact that has led to him being recognised as one of Europe’s leading contemporary writers. A desaparición da neve is his most recent collection of poems and had the unusual distinction of being issued with a single volume in Spain together with translations of the poems into Catalan, Basque and Castilian. His collection The Disappearance of Snow (Shearsman), translated by Lorna Shaughnessy, was shortlisted for the Popescu Prize 2013.