Elisa Lerner Nagler ( Valencia, 6 June 1932), is a Venezuelan playwright and essayist. Among her works are the plays: ''Vida con mamá'' and ''En el vasto silencio de Manhattan''; the essays volume ''Yo amo a Columbo o la pasión dispersa'' and the chronicle books: ''Carriel para la fiesta'' and ''Crónicas ginecológicas''. In 1999 was awarded with the

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Bibliography

* ''En el vasto silencio de Manhattan'' (1961, play) * ''Una sonrisa detrás de la metáfora'' (1969, essay) * ''Vida con mamá'' (1976, play) * ''Yo amo a Columbo'' (1979, essays) * ''Carriel número cinco'' (1983, chronicles). * ''Crónicas ginecológicas'' (1984, chronicles). * ''Carriel para la fiesta'' (1997, chronicles) * ''En el entretanto'' (2000, tales) * ''Homenaje a la estrella'' (2002, tales) * ''De muerte lenta'' (2006, novel) * ''Así que pasen cien años'' (2016, collected chronicles)

References

*Socorro, Milagros (6 April 2000)
«Elisa Lerner, una atleta de la soledad» (spanish)
Análitica Venezuela Magazine *Biography of Elisa Lerner for her novel ''De muerte Lenta'' (Fundación Bigott/Equinoccio, 2006)
Elisa Lerner: de una soledad a otra - Lo afirmativo venezolano (spanish)
1932 births People from Valencia, Venezuela Jewish dramatists and playwrights Venezuelan Jews Venezuelan women writers Venezuelan dramatists and playwrights Central University of Venezuela alumni Living people Jewish women writers {{Venezuela-writer-stub