Ángel Bonomini

Ángel Bonomini (13 October 1929 – 13 May 1994) At the age of 18, he published his first collection of poetry, Primera enunciación, in the magazine Sur.

His most well-known story is The Novices of Lerna, published in 1972 in a short story collection of the same name, which was praised by Borges and Bioy Casares. He won a Fulbright Grant in 1974 and the Konex Award in 1984 and 1994.

Despite praise during his lifetime, Bonomini was mostly forgotten after his death.

Works During his lifetime, Bonomini wrote 90 short stories and 8 poem anthologies. Similarities to Borges have been noted in his work. His later work dealt with the metaphysical and the mystical, and is described as fantastical literature. In 2015, the Spanish publishing house Editorial Pre-Textos published an edited anthology of his poetry collection Torres para el silencio y otros poemas; in 2017, Pre-Textos published a complete anthology of his short stories titled Todos parecían soñar in 2017, under the supervision of Alberto Manguel. Kirkus Reviews called the collection "A beguiling blend of the cerebral and the visceral." Tobias Carroll, writing for Reactor Magazine, called the collection "welcome addition to Argentinian literature in translation." One review from Asymptote Journal praised his lyrical style of writing. John Self of The Telegraph praised The Novices of Lerna as a "bizarre and brilliant" novella, and Stuart Evers, writing for The Spectator, gave a more mixed review, criticizing the novella for not fully exploring the themes presented, but praising it as a "powerful story...hauntingly intelligent and psychically unnerving".