Javier Fuentes is a Spanish American writer whose debut novel, Countries of Origin, won the 2024 PEN/Hemingway Award.
His work has appeared in The Columbia Journal, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. He has received fellowships from Columbia University, Lambda Literary, and the Ucross Foundation.
Javier has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, and Bard College. He is currently the Paris Review Professor of Literature at the Bard Prison Initiative.
