Tununa Mercado (born Nilda Mercado) is an Argentine writer. She was born on 25 December 1939 in Cordoba, Argentina. She retained her childhood nickname "Tununa" as her literary

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. She has written novels, short stories and essays. She has won several literary prizes, including the Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize.Profile
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Works

* 1967 - Celebrar a la mujer como a una pascua (Cuentos) * 1987 - Antieros (Cuento) * 1988 - Canon de alcoba (Cuentos) * 1990 - En estado de memoria (Novela) * 1994 - La letra de lo mínimo (Ensayo) * 1996 - La madriguera (Novela) * 2003 - Narrar después (Ensayos) * 2005 - Yo nunca te prometí la eternidad (Novela)

References

Argentine women novelists 1939 births People from Córdoba, Argentina Living people 20th-century Argentine novelists 21st-century Argentine novelists 20th-century Argentine women writers 21st-century Argentine women writers Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize winners {{Argentina-writer-stub