Valerie Miles facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Valerie Miles
Born	1963 New York
Occupation	Editor
Language	English and Spanish
Nationality	American

Valerie Miles was born in New York in 1963. She is a publisher, writer, and translator. She also helped start Granta en español, a Spanish version of the famous literary magazine. Valerie is known for helping Spanish and Latin American literature reach English-speaking readers. She also brings American and British authors to Spain and Latin America.

Currently, she is a co-director for Granta en español. She also helps with the Spanish version of The New York Review of Books. In 2012, she helped organize an exhibit about the writer Roberto Bolaño in Barcelona. Valerie also teaches about literary translation at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

Valerie Miles's Life

Valerie Miles was born in New York but grew up in Pennsylvania. In 1990, she moved to Spain. There, she started writing about British and American books for La Vanguardia newspaper in 1994.

Since then, Valerie has written many articles, interviews, and reviews. She writes about books in both English and Spanish. Her work has appeared in newspapers like ABC, La Nación, Reforma, and El País.

Her Work in Publishing

In 1999, Valerie started working as an editor for Debolsillo. This company is part of Random House Spain. By May 2001, she became a publishing director at Emecé Editores. This company is part of the Planeta Group.

At Emecé, she helped publish or promote Spanish translations of many writers. These included John Cheever, Richard Yates, Yasunari Kawabata, and Lydia Davis. In 2006, she moved to Alfaguara. There, she published authors like John Banville and Joyce Carol Oates.

From 2008 to 2012, she was the publishing director of Duomo Ediciones. This company is part of an Italian group. She published books by young Spanish-language authors. She also brought English-language writers like David Mitchell and William Boyd to Spain and Latin America. In 2013, she was named one of the "Most Influential Professionals in Publishing" at the Buenos Aires Book Fair.

Granta Magazine

Valerie Miles helped start Granta en español in 2003 with Aurelio Major. This magazine has been supported by several publishing houses. It is now published by Galaxia Gutenberg in Barcelona, Spain.

The magazine has published many issues. One famous issue was "The Best of Young Spanish-language Novelists." This issue highlighted new and exciting writers.

Valerie Miles's Writings

As a writer, Valerie published a book in 2014 called A Thousand Forests in One Acorn. For this book, 28 Spanish-language writers chose their own favorite works. They also shared comments about their influences. Famous writers like Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes were part of this project. The book was later translated into Romanian.

As a journalist, she has written articles and book reviews for many well-known publications. These include The New York Times, The Paris Review, Harper´s, and Granta.

As a translator, Valerie has translated books from Spanish into English. She has translated works by authors like Enrique Vila-Matas and Fernando Aramburu. Her translations have been published by companies like New Directions and Granta.

See also

In Spanish: Valerie Miles para niños