Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910-1984) was an Argentine novelist, translator, and critic. He is the author of a series of novels known as the Buenos Aires cycle, which portray the city through a combination of historical veracity and fantasy. He shared with Julio Cortázar the 1964 John F. Kennedy medal and received the Legion of Honor from the French government in 1982.

Gregory Rabassa (1922-2016) was a noted translator of Spanish and Portugeuse literature. He introduced the work of several acclaimed international writers to English-speaking audiences, among them Julio Cortázar, Clarice Lispector, Machado de Assis, Mario Vargas Llosa, and perhaps most famously, Gabriel García Márquez, beginning with the author's classic One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Álvaro Enrigue is a Mexican novelist and essayist. His 2013 novel Sudden Death was awarded the Herralde Prize, the Elena Poniatowska International Novel Award, and the Barcelona Prize for Fiction. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, n+1, and London Review of Books. He teaches at Hofstra University and lives in New York City.