Authors on Tour: Miguel Bonnefoy
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About Miguel Bonnefoy
Miguel Bonnefoy was born in France in 1986 to a Venezuelan mother and a Chilean father. He is a storyteller rooted in the tradition of magical realism yet distinctly modern, presenting a singular voice in contemporary French-language literature. His works explore themes of transnational identities, exile, and family memory. His earliest novels, Octavio’s Journey (trans. by Emily Boyce, Gallic Books) and Black Sugar (trans. by Emily Boyce, Pushkin Press, 2025) have sold more than thirty thousand copies each in France and have been translated into several languages. In 2013, Bonnefoy was awarded the Prix du Jeune Écrivain. His novel Heritage (trans. by Emily Boyce, Other Press, 2022) received widespread critical acclaim in France, including being short-listed for the Prix Femina, the Grand Prix de l’Académie française, and the Goncourt Prize, and was lauded by the New York Times Book Review for its lyrical quality. His books are translated into over 20 languages and have achieved notable worldwide critical acclaim.
His latest novel, The Dream of the Jaguar (trans. by Ruth Diver, Other Press; Le rêve du jaguar, Rivages, 2024), won the Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie Française and will be published in the US in December 2025.
About Heritage
Heritage is a dazzling saga, brimming with poetry and passion, that skillfully weaves together the private lives of individuals and major historical events in South America and Europe.
The house on Calle Santo Domingo in Santiago de Chile, with its lush lemon trees, has sheltered three generations of the Lonsonier family. Having arrived from the harsh hills of France’s Jura region with a single grape vine in one pocket and a handful of change in the other, the patriarch put down roots there in the late nineteenth century. His son, Lazare, back from World War I’s hellish trenches, would live there with his wife and build in their garden the most beautiful aviary in the Andes. That’s where their daughter Margot, a pioneering aviator, would first dream of flying, and where she would raise her son, the revolutionary Ilario Da. Like Lazare before them, they will bravely face the conflicts of their day, fighting against dictatorship on both sides of the Atlantic.
In this captivating saga, Miguel Bonnefoy paints the portrait of an endearing, uprooted family whose terrible dilemmas, caused by the blows of history, reveal their deep humanity.
Schedule
Miguel Bonnefoy will be on tour in the US in October 2025 (more details to come).
His public schedule will include:
- Saturday, October 25: Event and conversation @ Boston Book Festival (Boston, MA) – event in English
- Tuesday, October 28: Event @ Albertine (New York, NY) – event in English
For more information, please email Valentine Richet: valentine.richet@villa-albertine.org