Gunter Silva

Peruvian author Gunter Silva studied Political Sciences at Santa María La Católica University and earned his Bachelor's degree in Arts and Humanities from the Open University, London and his Master's degree in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Westminster. He is the author of the short story collection Crónicas de Londres (Lima, 2012) and the novel Pasos pesados (Fondo Editorial UCV, Lima, 2016), which was translated into Danish in 2017 under a grant from the Danish Art Foundation. His short story “Homesick” appeared in Words Without Borders’ special issue on Peruvian literature.