For years, Samanta Schweblin has been recognised as one of the defining voices of contemporary world literature. Born in Buenos Aires and now based in Berlin, her books have been translated into more than forty languages.

She gained international acclaim through both her novels and short stories – the form with which she is most strongly associated. Schweblin constructs her narratives through subtle distortions of reality: seemingly ordinary situations slowly begin to slip out of logic, while tension emerges from what remains unsaid. Her writing moves between realism, absurdity and quiet unease, consistently resisting straightforward interpretation.

Schweblin has been nominated for many of the world’s major literary awards, including the International Booker Prize and the National Book Award. Most recently, she received the AENA Narrative Award, one of the most important distinctions in Ibero-American literature.

The conversation around Good and Evil and Other Stories will close this year’s Women Talking programme. Schweblin’s presence offers a fitting conclusion to the cycle – one shaped by literature that does not rely on spectacle to leave a lasting mark.