Andrea Priscila Crespo Granda (b. 4 October 1983) is an

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writer.

Biography

Andrea Crespo was born on 4 October 1983 in

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, Ecuador. She completed a degree in creative writing at the . In September 2013, Crespo published her first work ''L.A. Monstruo'' through Editorial Cadáver Exquisito. In the book, which uses the structure of the

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, Crespo addresses femininity, masculinity, and power in politics through the life of her main character. In October 2016, Crespo received the from the

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, who selected ''Registro de la habitada'' from 166 other works. In December of that year, the selling of Crespo's poems began at the Casa Morada in Guayaquil. Her next book, ''Libro Hémbrico'', won the

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's David Ledesma Vásquez National Poetry Contest in March 2017. The contents of the book focuses on topics such as body acceptance and femininity. Crespo ran unsuccessfully in the to win a seat in the

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Works

* ''L.A. Monstruo'' (2013) * ''Registro de la habitada'' (2016) * ''Libro Hémbrico'' (2019)

Citations

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crespo, Andrea Living people 1983 births Writers from Guayaquil Ecuadorian women poets 21st-century Ecuadorian women writers Ecuadorian feminists