Daniel Alarcon

Daniel Alarcón is the associate editor of Etiqueta Negra, an award-winning magazine published in his native Lima, Peru, that features histories, chronicles, profiles, essays, and stories. He is also a visiting scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley.

Alarcón has authored such works of fiction as Lost City Radio (a prize-winner of the first International Literature Award—Haus der Kulturen der Welt 2009—and a PEN USA Award 2008), El rey siempre está por encima del pueblo, a story collection published in Mexico, and others. He has won numerous literary prizes, including a Whiting Award, a National Magazine Award, and Guggenheim and Lannan fellowships.