Adam FeinsteinAdam Feinstein is a British author, poet, translator, Hispanist, journalist, film critic and autism researcher. His biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda: A Passion for Life, was first published by Bloomsbury in 2004 and reisued in an updated edition in 2013 (Harold Pinter called it 'a masterpiece'). His book of translations from Neruda's Canto General, with colour illustrations by the celebrated Brazilian artist, Ana Maria Pacheco, was published by Pratt Contemporary in 2013. He also wrote the introduction to the Folio Edition of Jorge Luis Borges' Labyrinths, which appeared in 2007. Arc published his new book of translations, The Unknown Neruda, in 2019. His book, A History of Autism: Conversations with the Pioneers (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), received widespread acclaim (Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, director of Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre, said it was 'a treasure trove ... and a terrific book'). Another of his books, Autism Works: A Guide to Employment Across the Entire Spectrum, published by Routledge in 2018, has been praised as a much-needed practical handbook on the subject, full of invaluable case studies. Feinstein has given numerous lectures on Neruda and autism around the world, including Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Nicaragua, Guatemala, the United States, Russia, China, India, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. His presentations in the UK include talks at Cambridge and Oxford Universities and at the Royal Society in London. He broadcasts regularly for the BBC and writes for the Guardian, the Observer, the Financial Times and the Times Literary Supplement. As a film critic and historian, Feinstein specialises in Latin American cinema, which he teaches in London, as well as the life and work of Michael Curtiz. His own poems and his translations (of Neruda, Federico García Lorca, Mario Benedetti and others) have appeared in numerous magazines, including PN Review, Agenda, Acumen, Poem and Modern Poetry in Translation. He is currently writing two novels and a book on Argentinian cinema. He has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow. Read More Read Less