Autor/-in: Benjamin Labatut

Benjamín Labatut is a Chilean author born in The Netherlands in 1980. He was raised in The Hague before settling in Chile, where he lives and works. He is the author of Antarctica starts here (2009), a short story collection, After the Light (2016), a series of scientific, philosophical and historical notes on the void written after a deep personal crisis, The Stone of Madness (2021), a diptych on madness, chaos and modernity, and When We Cease to Understand the World (2021), a book which explores the ecstasy and agony of scientific breakthroughs and that won him international renown: it was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the National Book Award, included in The New York Times' list of the 10 Best Books of 2021, and has been translated into 30 languages.