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, Extra Extra Magazine, and elsewhere. He has received fellowships from Columbia University, Lambda Literary, the Ucross Foundation, and others.
Javier has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, and Bard College. He is currently the Paris Review Visiting Professor of Literature at the Bard Prison Initiative.
