César Aira
 César Aira (Argentine Spanish: [ˈse.saɾ ˈai.ɾa]; born on 23 February 1949 in Coronel Pringles Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine writer and translator and an exponent of Argentine contemporary literature. Aira has published over eighty short books of stories novels and essays. In fact at least since 1993 a hallmark of his work is an almost frenetic level of writing and publication—two to four novella-length books each year.