Latin American fiction ‘booms’ again on International Booker prize longlist

Works from the continent make up a quarter of this year's nominees, which include novels from Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil and Peru

The International Booker longlist signals a second boom' in Latin American fiction", said judges, with a quarter of the nominated authors being South American.

Argentinian poet Selva Almada, Venezuelan writer Rodrigo Blanco Calderon, Brazilian writer Itamar Vieira Junior and Peruvian journalist Gabriela Wiener have all been longlisted for the prize, which recognises the best novels and short story collections from around the world that have been translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland.