Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency

In Divine Punishment, sex and love, political intrigue and economic power take central stage to give birth to one of the most complex and fascinating novels abound Central American society to-date. A series of murders by poisoning take place in the city of Leon, Nicaragua, during the 30s. The presumed murderer, a brilliant lawyer and poet, will be one more victim, when his personal history takes on collective dimensions, and the ethical sense... - Read more

  From acclaimed Colombian author Laura Restrepo comes a powerhouse of a novel inspired by a true crime that shattered a community and exposed the dark recesses of toxic masculinity and privilege.   The body of a young girl is found floating in water in what seems to be a profane ritual, an intent to recreate the death scene of Shakespeare’s Ophelia. Whoever celebrated it, has tried to honor and compensate the vic-tim by washing... - Read more

Sergio Ramírez was born in 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua. He published his first short stories at the age of eighteen. Whilst studying law he founded the literary magazine “Ventana” (“Window”) and in 1970 published his first novel, Tiempo de fulgor (Glaring Times). Since then till Tongolele no sabía bailar (Tongolele did not know how to dance) there have appeared Ya nadie llora por mí (No One No... - Read more

Divine Punishment  was published back in 1988 and has been translated into many languages, but never before into English. Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor, it is launched today by McPherson & Co . This publication will be celebrated with appearences of the author and translator at the Americas Society in New York City in association with the Instituto Cervantes. Tomorrow there will be a panel for Sergio at the Instituto... - Read more

Tuesday November 11 th , Sergio Ramírez was awarded the Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Creative Writing given by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM ) and the National Council for Culture and Arts (CONACULTA). The members of the jury were Juan Goytisolo, Mario Vargas Llosa (Nobel Prize and also awarded the first edition of this Prize), Soledad Puértolas, Margo Glantz and Gonzalo Celorio, who chose Sergio... - Read more