Alberto Manguel

Internationally acclaimed as an anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist and editor, Alberto Manguel is the author of several award-winning books, includingA Dictionary of Imaginary PlacesandA History of Reading, which was an international bestseller, aNew York TimesNotable Book, aTimes Literary SupplementInternational Book of the Year, and winner of France’s Prix Medicis. Alberto Manguel was born in Buenos Aires, moved to Canada in 1982 and now lives in France, where he was named an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. From the Hardcover edition.