Fogwill was born in Buenos Aires in 1941. His name appears repeatedly as part of the triad at the head of contemporary Argentinian narrative alongside César Aira and Ricardo Piglia. The author of stories, poems and novels, he has worked as a university lecturer, a publisher, an advertising executive, a consultant... His novel Malvinas Requiem (1983) –a magnificent exploration of the inner workings of the Falklands war– is, without doubt, one of the literary masterpieces of the late 20th Century in any language. Other milestones in his novel-writing career include Vivir afuera (1998) and the trilogy, published in Spain by Mondadori, made up of La experiencia sensible (2001), En otro orden de cosas (2002) and Urbana (2003).