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María José Caro
María José Caro (born Lima, 1985) is a Peruvian writer. Life Caro was born in Lima in 1985. She has a master's degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has published three books, including two short story collections - ''¿Qué tengo de malo? (What is wrong with me?)'' (2017), ''La primaria'' (Elementary School) (2012) - and a novel ''Perro de negros (Black Dogs)'' (2016). In 2017, she was named as one of the Bogotá39, a list of the best young writers in Latin America. The other 38 included Samanta Schweblin & Lola Copacabana from Argentina, the Brazilian Gabriela Jauregui, Liliana Colanzi Liliana Colanzi Serrate (born 1981) is a Bolivian writer. Life Colanzi was born in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in 1981, and studied at the Private University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (UPSA) and the University of Cambridge. She obtained a doctorate in ... from Bolivia. References 1985 births Living people Peruvian writers Peruvian women writers Complutense Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaside city of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area. With a population of more than 9.7 million in its urban area and more than 10.7 million in its metropolitan area, Lima is one of the largest cities in the Americas. Lima was named by natives in the agricultural region known by native Peruvians as ''Limaq''. It became the capital and most important city in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Following the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru (República del Perú). Around one-third of the national population now lives in its Lima Metropolitan Area, metropolitan area. The city of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian population decreased from an estimated 5–9 million in the 1520s to around 600,000 in 1620 mainly because of infectious diseases carried by the Spanish Empire, Spanish. Spaniards and Afro-Peruvians, Africans arrived in large numbers in 1532 under colonial rule, mixing widely with each other and with Native Peruvians. During the Republic, there has been a gradual immigration of European people (especially from Spain and Italy, and in a less extent from Germany, France, Croatia, and the British Isles). Chinese people, Chinese and Japanese people, Japanese arrived in large numbers at the end of the 19th century. With 31.2 million inhabitants according to the 2017 Peru Census, 2017 Census, Peru is the List of South American countries by popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad Complutense De Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of Pozuelo de Alarcón. It is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Complutum, now an archeological site in Alcalá de Henares, just east of Madrid. It enrolls over 86,000 students, making it the third largest non-distance European university by enrollment. It is one of the most prestigious Spanish universities and consistently ranks among the top universities in Spain, together with the University of Barcelona, Pom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin America
Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived from Latin — are predominantly spoken. The term was coined in the nineteenth century, to refer to regions in the Americas that were ruled by the Spanish, Portuguese and French empires. The term does not have a precise definition, but it is "commonly used to describe South America, Central America, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean." In a narrow sense, it refers to Spanish America plus Brazil (Portuguese America). The term "Latin America" is broader than categories such as ''Hispanic America'', which specifically refers to Spanish-speaking countries; and ''Ibero-America'', which specifically refers to both Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries while leaving French and British excolonies aside. The term ''Latin America'' was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samanta Schweblin
Samanta Schweblin (born 1978) is an Argentine Spanish-language author currently living in Berlin. She has published three collections of short stories, a novella and a novel, besides stories that have appeared in anthologies and magazines such as ''The New Yorker'', ''Granta'','' The Drawbridge'', '' Harper’s Magazine'' and ''McSweeney’s''. Life and career She has won numerous prestigious awards around the world and her books have been translated into more than thirty languages and adapted for film. In 2002, Schweblin published her first book ''El núcleo del Disturbio'' (The Nucleus of Disturbances), which won an award from Argentina's National Endowment for the Arts. In 2008, she won the '' Casa de las Americas'' award for her short story collection '' Mouthful of Birds''. Her third collection of short-stories, ''Siete casas vacías'' (Seven Empty Houses) was published in 2015. Her first novel ''Distancia de Rescate'', literally “Rescue distance”, but translated into E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Copacabana
Inés Gallo de Urioste (born Buenos Aires, 1980), better known by her pseudonym Lola Copacabana or Lolita Copacabana, is an Argentine writer, translator and editor. Life She was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. She became known through her blog ''JustLola'', which began in 2003 and was written in a format similar to a traditional newspaper: small paragraphs that narrated different aspects of her life, from her fascination with Simone de Beauvoir to her personal relationships. The publisher Sudamericana proposed to publish these as a book, which appeared under the title ''Buena leche'' (Good milk: diaries of a (not so) formal young woman). The stories were written while she was between the ages of 19 and 23. In addition to continuing her blog for ten years, she anthologized and translated into River Plate Spanish the volume ''Alt-lit: literatura norteamericana actual'', working in collaboration with Hernán Vanoli. This 2014 volume explored the concept of alternative literature, esp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Jauregui
Gabriela Jauregui (born 1979) is a Mexican writer, poet and critic. Life Jauregui was born in 1979 and raised in Mexico City. She obtained an MFA from UC Riverside, an MA from UC Irvine and a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Southern California. She has published extensively in both English and Spanish, including the poetry collection ''Controlled Decay'' (2008) and the short story collection ''La memoria de las cosas'' (2015). She was also one of the coauthors of ''Taller de taquimecanografía'' (2012). She is the cofounder of the independent publisher ''sur+''. In 2017, she was included in the Bogota39 list of the promising young writers in Latin America. The other 38 included Samanta Schweblin, María José Caro from Peru, Liliana Colanzi Liliana Colanzi Serrate (born 1981) is a Bolivian writer. Life Colanzi was born in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in 1981, and studied at the Private University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (UPSA) and the University of Camb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliana Colanzi
Liliana Colanzi Serrate (born 1981) is a Bolivian writer. Life Colanzi was born in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in 1981, and studied at the Private University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (UPSA) and the University of Cambridge. She obtained a doctorate in Comparative Literature from Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ..., where she now teaches. She is the author of three collections of short stories: ''Vacaciones permanentes'' (2010), ''La ola'' (2014), and ''Nuestro mundo muerto'' (2016), the last of which has been translated into English by Jessica Sequeira. In 2017, Colanzi was named as one of the Bogota39, a selection of the best young writers in Latin America. References Bolivian short story writers Bolivian women short story writers 21st-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Births
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan, privately sworn in for a second term as Presidency of Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. * January 27 – The Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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