Martín Sancia Kawamichi was born in Buenos Aires in 1973. A student of cinema and literature, he is an acclaimed, multi-award-winning author of both children’s and adult fiction. His notable adult novels include Hotaru (First Prize in the BAN!-Extremo Negro Novel Contest, 2014), Este pálido mundo mío (2018), Sugøkusë (2019), Malsana (Finalist for the Clarín Novel Prize, 2021), and Ukiyo (Finalist for the Medifé FILBA Foundation Prize, 2024). Kurepa is his latest award-winning work.