Aline Pettersson is a Mexican novelist and poet. Her novels deal with the themes of loneliness, heartbreak, isolation and the passage of time that razes all.

Early life

Petterson was born in

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on 11 May 1938. Her father was the son of

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parents. Pettersson recounts beginning to read with the children's books of author

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. She was later introduced to the works of

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, Luego vino Salgari and

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. Pettersson intended to study medicine, however she married young and had three children, but continued to write. She began to take courses at the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras of the

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Career

In 1977, with the help of writer

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, Pettersson published her first novel, ''Círculos''. A majority of her protagonists are women. One of her favorite literary devices is the use of

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- which she uses to explore "imaginary time" not real time. Her writing has been influenced by

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and

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. Pettersson is a member of the ''Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte del Fonca-

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''. She won the 1998 Premio Latinoamericano y del Caribe "

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". The

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paid homage to Pettersson in 2008. She has been a collaborator with newspapers '' El Universal'' and ''

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''. She has translated '' Sorgegondolen'' (''La fúnebre góndola'', 2012) by Swedish poet

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Bibliography

;Poetry *''Tres poemas''. Mexico: Oasis (Los Libros del Fakir; 71), 1985. *''Cautiva estoy de mí''. Mexico: Secretaría de Educación Pública / Plaza y Valdés (El Nigromante), 1988. *''Enmudeció mi playa''. Ilustración de Gilda Castillo. Mexico: Galería López Quiroga, 2000. *Recuento. Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ('' Voz Viva de México''), 2002. *''Estancias del tiempo''. México, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica (Letras Mexicanas), 2003. *''Carta a mi madre''. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes / Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes / Calamus Editorial (Poesía), 2007. *''Ya era tarde''. Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2013. ;Prose *'' Círculos''. Mexico: Coordinación de Difusión Cultural (UNAM), 1977. *'' Casi en silencio''. Tlahuapan, Puebla: Premià (La Red de Jonás. Sección de Literatura Mexicana; 8), 1980. *'' Proyectos de muerte''. Mexico: Martín Casillas, 1983. *''Los colores ocultos''. Mexico: Grijalbo, 1986. *''Sombra ella misma''. Xalapa: Universidad Veracruzana (Ficción), 1986. *''Piedra que rueda''. Mexico: Joaquín Mortiz (Novelistas Contemporáneos), 1990. *''Querida familia''. Mexico: Diana, 1991. *''La noche de las hormigas''. Mexico: Alfaguara, 1996. *''Mistificaciones''. México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana / Aldus, 1996. *''Colores y sombras''. Tres novelas. Presentación de Silvia Molina. México, D.F: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes / Dirección General de Publicaciones ONACULTA(Lecturas Mexicanas. Cuarta Serie), 1998. *''Las muertes de Natalia Bauer''. Mexico: Alfaguara, 2006. *''Deseo''. Mexico: Alfaguara, 2011. *'' A la intemperie''. Mexico: Alfaguara, 2014. *''Clara y el cangrejo''. Mexico: Dirección General de Publicaciones del Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (La Tortuga Veloz), 1990. *''Más allá de la mirada''. Mexico: Joaquín Mortiz, 1992. *''Ontario, la mariposa viajera''. México, D.F.: Alfaguara (Alfaguara Infantil), 1993. *'' Aline Pettersson''. Selección y nota introductoria de María Luisa Mendoza. Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Material de Lectura. Serie El Cuento Contemporáneo; 100) / Dirección de Literatura NAM 1995. *''Renata y su gato''. México, D.F.: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes ( El Sueño del dragón), 1996. *''Fer y la princesa''. México, D.F.: Andrés Bello, 1997. *''La princesa era traviesa''. México, D.F.: Alfaguara (Alfaguara Infantil), 1998. *''Tiempo robado''. Mexico: Alfaguara, 1999. *''El papalote y el nopal''. México, D.F.: Alfaguara (Alfaguara Infantil), 2000. *''Renata y sus curitas''. Mexico: Alfaguara (Alfaguara Infantil), 2000. *''Renata y su sorpresa''. México, D.F.: Alfaguara (Alfaguara Infantil), 2001. *''Renata y su día al revés''. México, D.F.: Alfaguara (Alfaguara Infantil), 2002. *''Los anteojos de Mariflor''. Barcelona: Norma (Torre de Papel: Amarilla), 2003. *''Las batallas de Andrés''. México: Alfaguara (Alfaguara Infantil), 2004. *''Vajes paralelos'' Mexico: Alfaguara, 2002.

References

External links

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