Roberto Bolaño bibliography

This is a bibliography of works by Roberto Bolaño.

Books

Note: Titles appearing in brackets have not yet been translated into English so their names are literal translations of the original Spanish titles.

Novels

English title	Original Spanish title	Translator
The Skating Rink	La Pista de Hielo (1993)	Chris Andrews, August 2009
Nazi Literature in the Americas	Literatura Nazi en América (1996)	Chris Andrews, February 2008
Distant Star	Estrella Distante (1996)	Chris Andrews, December 2004
The Savage Detectives	Los Detectives Salvajes (1998)	Natasha Wimmer, April 2007
Amulet	Amuleto (1999)	Chris Andrews, January 2007
Monsieur Pain	Monsieur Pain (1999)	Chris Andrews, January 2010
By Night in Chile	Nocturno de Chile (2000)	Chris Andrews, December 2003
Antwerp	Amberes (2002)	Natasha Wimmer, April 2010
[A Lumpen Novella]	Una Novelita Lumpen (2002)	(not yet translated)
2666	2666 (2004)	Natasha Wimmer, November 2008
The Third Reich	El Tercer Reich (2010)	Natsha Wimmer, November 2011
Woes of the True Policeman	Los Sinsabores del Verdadero Policía (2011)	Natasha Wimmer, November 2012
[Diorama]	Diorama	(not yet published or translated)

Short story collections

English title	Original Spanish publication	Translator
Last Evenings on Earth	Selection of stories from Putas Asesinas (2001) and Llamadas Telefónicas (1997)	Chris Andrews, April 2007
The Return	Stories from Putas Asesinas and Llamadas Telefónicas not collected in Last Evenings on Earth	Chris Andrews, June 2010
The Insufferable Gaucho	El Gaucho Insufrible (2003)	Chris Andrews, August 2010
The Secret of Evil	El Secreto del Mal (2007)	Chris Andrews, April 2012

Poetry collections

English title	Original Spanish title	Translator	Notes
The Romantic Dogs	Los Perros Románticos: Poemas 1980-1998 (2000)	Laura Healy, 2008	43 poems written from 1980 to 1998
Tres	Tres (2000)	Laura Healy, September 2011	Three poem sequences
The Unknown University	La Universidad Desconocida (2007)	Laura Healy, forthcoming, June 2013	Spanish version includes Bolaño's collected poetry and the novella Antwerp

Other Books

Title	Original Spanish title	Translation	Contents
[Advice from a Morrison Disciple to a Joyce Fanatic]	Consejos de un discípulo de Morrison a un fanático de Joyce (1984)	Untranslated	Novel written in collaboration with Antoni García Porta
Between Parentheses	Entre parentesis (2004)	Natasha Wimmer, May 2011	Collection of essays, articles and speeches
Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview & Other Conversations	-	Sybil Perez, November 2009	Collection of four interviews with Bolaño

Short stories

English title	Original Spanish title	Original Spanish Collection	English Collection
Sensini	Sensini	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Henri Simon Leprince	Henri Simon Leprince	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Enrique Martín	Enrique Martín	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
A Literary Adventure	Una Aventura Literaria	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Phone Calls	Llamadas Telefónicas	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
The Grub	El Gusano	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Snow	La Nieve	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	The Return, 2010
Another Russian Tale	Otro Cuento Ruso	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	The Return, 2010
William Burns	William Burns	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	The Return, 2010
Detectives	Detectives	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	The Return, 2010
Cell Mates	Compañeros de Celda	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	The Return, 2010
Clara	Clara	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	The Return, 2010
Joanna Sivestri	Joanna Silvestri	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	The Return, 2010
Anne Moore's Life	Vida de Anne Moore	Llamadas Telefónicas, 1997	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Mauricio ("The Eye") Silva	El Ojo Silva	Putas Asesinas, 2001	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Gómez Palacio	Gómez Palacio	Putas Asesinas, 2001	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Last Evenings on Earth	Últimos Atardeceres en la Tierra	Putas Asesinas, 2001	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Days of 1978	Días de 1978	Putas Asesinas, 2001	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Vagabond in France and Belgium	Vagabundo en Francia y Bélgica	Putas Asesinas, 2001	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Prefiguration of Lalo Cura	Prefiguración de Lalo Cura	Putas Asesinas, 2001	The Return, 2010
Murdering Whores	Putas Asesinas	Putas Asesinas, 2001	The Return, 2010
The Return	El Retorno	Putas Asesinas, 2001	The Return, 2010
Buba	Buba	Putas Asesinas, 2001	The Return, 2010
Dentist	Dentista	Putas Asesinas, 2001	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Photos	Fotos	Putas Asesinas, 2001	The Return, 2010
Dance Card	Carnet de Baile	Putas Asesinas, 2001	Last Evenings on Earth, 2006
Meeting with Enrique Lihn	Encuentro con Enrique Lihn	Putas Asesinas, 2001	The Return, 2010
Jim	Jim	El Gaucho Insufrible, 2003	The Insufferable Gaucho, 2010; Between Parentheses, 2011
The Insufferable Gaucho	El Gaucho Insufrible	El Gaucho Insufrible, 2003	The Insufferable Gaucho, 2010
Police Rat	El Policía de las Ratas	El Gaucho Insufrible, 2003	The Insufferable Gaucho, 2010
Alvaro Rousselot’s Journey	El Viaje de Álvaro Rousselot	El Gaucho Insufrible, 2003	The Insufferable Gaucho, 2010
Two Catholic Tales	Dos Cuentos Católicos	El Gaucho Insufrible, 2003	The Insufferable Gaucho, 2010
Literature + Illness = Illness	Literatura + Enfermedad = Enfermedad	El Gaucho Insufrible, 2003	The Insufferable Gaucho, 2010
The Myths of Cthulhu	Los Mitos de Cthulhu	El Gaucho Insufrible, 2003	The Insufferable Gaucho, 2010
Colonia Lindavista	La Colonia Lindavista	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
The Secret of Evil	El Secreto del Mal	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
The Old Man of the Mountain	El Viejo de la Montaña	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
The Colonel's Son	El Hijo del Coronel	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
Scholars of Sodom	Sabios de Sodoma	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
The Room Next Door	La Habitación de al Lado	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
Labyrinth	Laberinto	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
Vagaries of the Literature of Doom	Derivas de la Pesada	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012; Between Parentheses, 2011
Crimes	Crímenes	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
I Can't Read	No Sé Leer	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
Beach	Playa	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012; Between Parentheses, 2011
Muscles	Músculos	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
The Tour	La Gira	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
Daniela	Daniela	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
Suntan	Bronceado	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
Death of Ulises	Muerte de Ulises	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
The Trouble-maker	El Provocador	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012
Sevilla Kills Me	Sevilla me Mata	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012; Between Parentheses, 2011
The Days of Chaos	Las Jornadas del Caos	El Secreto del Mal, 2007	The Secret of Evil, 2012

Poems

The Romantic Dogs / Los Perros Románticos

• The Romantic Dogs
• Self Portrait at Twenty Years
• Resurrection
• In the Reading Room of Hell
• Soni
• Ernesto Cardenal and I
• Day Bleeding Rain
• The Worm
• Lupe
• The Front Line
• La Francesa
• The Outsider Ape
• Dirty, Poorly Dressed
• I Dreamt of Frozen Detectives
• The Detectives
• The Lost Detectives
• The Frozen Detectives
• Fragments
• The Ghost of Edna Lieberman
• Visit to the Convalescent
• Godzilla in Mexico
• Verses by Juan Ramón
• Dino Campana Revises His Biography in Castel Pulci Psychiatric Hospital

• Palingenesis
• The Nurses
• Twilight in Barcelona
• The Greek
• Mr. Wiltshire
• Rain
• Luck
• X-Rays
• The Last Love Song of Pedro J. Lastarria, Alias "El Chorito"
• My Life in the Tubes of Survival
• On the Edge of the Cliff
• Roadster
• The Last Savage
• Half-Baked
• Atole
• The Donkey
• Parra's Footsteps
• I'll Try to Forget
• Muse
• With the Flies

Tres

• Prose from Autumn in Gerona
• The Neochileans
• A Stroll Through Literature

Interviews with Bolaño

Name	Interviewer	Original publication	Collected in
Literature is Not Made From Words Alone	Héctor Soto and Matias Bravo	Capital Santiago, December 1999	Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview & Other Conversations
Reading is Always More Important than Writing	Carmen Boullosa	Bomb Magazine #78, Winter 2002	Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview & Other Conversations
Positions are Positions and Sex is Sex	Eliseo Álvarez	Revista Cultural TURIA 75, June 2005 (as "Roberto Bolaño: Todo escritor que escribe en español deberia tener influencia cervantina"	Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview & Other Conversations
The Last Interview / The End: Distant Star	Monica Maristain	Playboy Mexico, July 2003	Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview & Other Conversations; Between Parentheses

Articles about Bolaño

Name	Writer	Original publication	Collected in	Available online
Roberto Bolaño: Portrait of the Writer as Noble Savage	Will H. Corral	World Literature Today, November - December 2006	-	-
Vagabonds - Roberto Bolaño and his fractured masterpiece	Daniel Zalewski	The New Yorker, 26 March 2007	-	The New Yorker
The Great Bolaño	Francisco Goldman	The New York Review of Books, 19 July 2007	-	-
In the Sonora	Benjamin Kunkel	London Review of Books, 6 September 2007	-	London Review of Books
Alone Among the Ghosts	Marcela Valdes	The Nation, 8 December 2008	Introduction to Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview & Other Conversations	The Nation