Ana Gloria Moya (1954 – 7 October 2013) was an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
novelist who has achieved national and international recognition.
Her novel ''Cielo de tambores'' (Heaven of Drums) won the international
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (''Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz'') is a literary prize awarded to a book written in Spanish by a female author. It is organized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Me ...
in 2002. It is a historical novel based on the life of
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He ...
with two characters from the margins of society.
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Born in
Tucuman, Moya worked as a lawyer in the northwestern province of
Salta
Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic ce ...
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Books
* ''Sangre tan caliente - y otras pasiones'' (1997)
* ''La desmemoria'' (1999) Salta: Ediciones del Robledal,
* ''Cielo de tambores'' (2002) - tr. Nick Hill, ''Sky of Drums'', Curbstone Press (paperback 2006),
*''Semillas de papaya a la luz de la luna.'' 2008. Emecé editorial.
Notes
External links
Formal recognition by Argentine National Congress, April 2003- in Spanish
- in Spanish
Argentine women novelists
1954 births
2013 deaths
20th-century Argentine novelists
20th-century Argentine women writers
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