“Keila Vall narrates an itinerary that is an adventure, a travel chronicle, and a metaphor for discovery: a journey through the essential things that have been deep inside us all along, but which we must spend a long time seeking before we can find, recognize, and accept”

Antonio Muñoz Molina on Los Días Animales (OT Editores 2026)

Jerusalem Prize, Prince of Asturias Award

“…among the most talented writers of her generation”

Yolanda Pantin

Federico García Lorca International Poetry Prize

“A one-of-a-kind author”

Boris Muñoz

Senior Staff Editor, New York Times

“The Animal Days confirms Keila Vall de la Ville’s
extraordinary abilities as a narrator. It’s a moving story about love, violence, freedom, and self–discovery”

Alberto Barrera Tyzka

Tusquets Prize and Alfaguara Prize

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“A beautiful heroine in a moving portrayal of 1990’s Venezuela"

Edgar Ramírez on The Animal Days (Katakana Editores 2021)

Venezuelan Actor

“She is an artist in dialogue with her times and the times to come”

Alberto Chimal

Mexican author