Beatriz Doumerc de Barnes (

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, Argentina, 1929 –

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, Spain, March 26, 2014) was an Argentine writer of

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

. Her book, ''La línea'' (

, Granica, 1975), illustrated by her husband, Ayax "Pacho" Barnes, was awarded the

Casa de las Américas Prize The Casa de las Américas Prize (''Premio Literario Casa de las Américas'') is a literary award given by the Cuban Casa de las Américas. Established in 1959, it is one of Latin America’s oldest and most prestigious literary prizes. The award ...

in 1975.

Biography

Beatriz Doumerc was born in Buenos Aires in 1929. Her studies included Fine Arts. Censored in Argentina during the

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, she lived in

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, Italy, from 1977 to 1984. From 1984 until her death in 2014, she resided in Barcelona, Spain. her books were published in Argentina, Spain, Italy, Venezuela, Uruguay, and Sweden. Her work has been awarded in the U.S. and Europe. In addition to her many books, Doumerc also made adaptations of

Gargantua and Pantagruel ''The Five Books of the Lives and Deeds of Gargantua and Pantagruel'' (), often shortened to ''Gargantua and Pantagruel'' or the (''Five Books''), is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It tells the advent ...

(1986) and the

Popol Vuh ''Popol Vuh'' (also ''Popul Vuh'' or ''Pop Vuj'') is a text recounting the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, one of the Maya peoples who also inhabit the Mexican states of Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo, ...

(1988) for the Spanish publisher, Lumen. She married illustrator Ajax Barnes, who illustrated many of her texts. She had a son, Gabriel.

Awards and honours

* Casa de las Américas Prize, 1975, for ''La línea'' * Apel.les Mestres Award, Barcelona, 1986, for ''Daniel y los reyes'' * Premio Lazarillo, Spain, 1987, for ''Un cuento grande como una casa''

Selected works

* ''Cómo se hacen los niños'' (Buenos Aires, Schapire, 1974). Illustrated by Ayax Barnes * ''La línea'' (Buenos Aires, Granica, 1975). Illustrated by Ayax Barnes. * ''Truck sale de paseo'' (Buenos Aires, 1975). Illustrated by Ayax Barnes * ''El pueblo que no quería ser gris'' (Buenos Aires, Editorial Rompan Fila, 1975). Illustrated by Ayax Barnes. (It was banned by decree 1888 of September 3, 1976.) * ''La pipa de Juan'' (Madrid, Nueva Frontera, 1980) * ''Blanca Rosa y Salem-Salim'' (Madrid, Nueva Frontera, 1980) * ''Firulete en el trono'' (Madrid, Nueva Frontera, 1980) * ''Tic Tac, el marciano'' (Madrid, Nueva Frontera, 1980) * ''El búho Caramelo'' (Madrid, Nueva Frontera, 1980) * ''La abeja Jovita'' (Madrid, Nueva Frontera, 1980) * ''Zorrito y el cazador'' (Madrid, Nueva Frontera, 1980) * ''Bruja Maruja contra Ogro Torvo'' (Madrid, Bruguera, 1981) * ''El viaje de Ida/El viaje de Regreso'' (Estocolmo, Nordan, 1982). * ''Aserrín, aserrán'' (Estocolmo, Nordan, 1984). * ''Casos y cosas de gusano y mariposa'' (Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1985). * ''Caramelo va de paseo'' (Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1985). * ''Truck capitán intrépido'' (Barcelona, Juventud, 1986). * ''Truck desaparece'' (Barcelona, Juventud, 1986). * ''Truck en el circo'' (Barcelona, Juventud, 1986). * ''Truck sale de noche'' (Barcelona, Juventud, 1986). * ''De puerta en puerta'' (Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1987). * ''Tamarindo el pastelero'' (Barcelona, Juventud, 1987). * ''El castillo embrujado'' (Barcelona, Juventud, 1987). * ''Tal para cual'' (Barcelona, Destino, 1987). * ''Daniel y los reyes'' (Barcelona, Destino, 1987). * ''Cuando todo pasa volando'' (Zaragoza, Edelvives, 1988). * ''El pueblo que no quería ser gris'' (Rompan Filas Ediciones 1975). * ''Un cuento grande como una casa'' (Madrid, Anaya, 1988). * ''Eva Perón'' (Buenos Aires, Lumen, 1989) * ''El pájaro Federico'' (Zaragoza, Edelvives, 1990). * ''Una pluma con historia'' (Zaragoza, Edelvives, 1990). * ''¿Quién llegará primero?'' (Madrid, SM, 1990). * ''Simón el dragón'' (Madrid, SM, 1990). * ''Dos en apuros'' (Barcelona, Edebé, 1994). * ''Vida de gato'' (Barcelona, Grijalbo-Mondadori, 1995).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doumerc, Beatriz 1929 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Argentine women writers Argentine children's writers Writers from Buenos Aires