Claudia Amengual Puceiro (born 7 January 1969, in
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
) is a
Uruguay
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an writer and translator. She is a recipient of the
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
Biography
She obtained her degrees in translation and literature at the
University of the Republic. In 2003 she obtained a fellowship to study at the
Complutense University of Madrid
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and
Menéndez Pelayo International University
Menéndez Pelayo International University ("UIMP" in Spanish) is a public university with administrative headquarters in Madrid and campuses in Santander, Valencia, Barcelona, Cartagena, Cuenca, Granada, La Línea de la Concepción, Seville a ...
in
Santander, Spain. Member of
Bogotá39.
Work
*''Juliana y los libros'', 2020 (novel)
*''
El lugar inalcanzable
Claudia Amengual Puceiro (born 7 January 1969, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan writer and translator. She is a recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
Biography
She obtained her degrees in translation and literature at the University ...
'', 2018 (novel)
*''Viajar y escribir: nueve destinos que inspiran'', 2017 (essay)
*''Una mirada al periodismo cultural:
Jaime Clara y "Sábado Sarandí"'', 2016 (essay)
*''
Cartagena'', 2015 (novel)
*''Rara avis. Vida y obra de
Susana Soca'', 2012 (essay)
[ ]
*''Falsas ventanas'', 2011 (novel)
*''Más que una sombra'', 2007 (novel)
*''Desde las cenizas'', 2005 (novel)
*''El vendedor de escobas'', 2002 (novel)
*''La rosa de Jericó'', 2000 (novel)
Prizes
*
Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (2006) for ''Desde las cenizas''.
*Mention in Dramaturgy,
Premios Onetti (2018) for ''Camaleón, camaleón''.
References
1969 births
Writers from Montevideo
University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
Uruguayan translators
Uruguayan women novelists
Uruguayan novelists
Living people
21st-century translators
20th-century Uruguayan women writers
20th-century Uruguayan writers
21st-century Uruguayan women writers
21st-century Uruguayan writers
Complutense University of Madrid alumni
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize winners
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