Jakob Guanzon is the author of the novel Abundance, longlisted for the National Book Award in 2021.

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He was born in Manhasset, New York, and grew up in Minnesota. He holds a degree in sociology from Hamline University and a master of fine arts from Columbia University. He lived in Madrid, Spain for several years, where he began teaching, translating, and publishing prose.

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In 2015, he moved from Madrid to New York City, where he continues to live and work.

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