Clara Obligado Marcó del Pont (born 1950) is an Argentine-Spanish writer.

Biography

Clara Obligado holds a licentiate in Literature from the

Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina A pontifical ( la, pontificale) is a Christian liturgical book containing the liturgies that only a bishop may perform. Among the liturgies are those of the ordinal for the ordination and consecration of deacons, priests, and bishops to Holy O ...

. Since 1976 she has lived in

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, a political exile of the Argentine regime known as the

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, and has Spanish citizenship. She was one of the first people who began to give

creative writing Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary ...

workshops, both independently and at the

National University of Distance Education The National Distance Education University, known in Spanish as ''Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia'' (UNED), is a public research university of national scope. The university was founded in 1972 under the Ministry of Universities. ...

, the

Círculo de Bellas Artes The Círculo de Bellas Artes is a private, non-profit, cultural organization that was founded in 1880. Its building, located in Madrid, Spain, was declared ''Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1981. The CBA is a major multidisciplinary centre with one ...

, and the bookstore Mujeres de Madrid, among many other institutions. In 1978 she founded the Creative Writing Workshop of Clara Obligado, one of the centers of this discipline with the longest standing in Spain and which she currently directs, teaching courses both live and at a distance. According to Juan Casamayor, editor of Páginas de Espuma (a publishing house specializing in the genre), Clara Obligado was the introducer of the micro-story in Spain, through her literary workshops. In 1996 she received the Lumen Women's Award for her novel ''La hija de Marx''. She is also the author of the novels ''Si un hombre vivo te hace llorar'', ''No le digas que lo quieres'', and ''Salsa''. In her essay books she has addressed topics related to women and culture, as in her work ''Mujeres a contracorriente''. In 2012 she won the

Setenil Award The Setenil Award ( es, Premio Setenil, links=no) is a literary prize for the best short story book published in Spain. Convened annually since 2004 by the municipality of Molina de Segura in Murcia, it is one of the most prestigious in the country ...

with her short story book ''El libro de los viajes equivocados'', and in 2015 the Juan March Cencillo Short Novel Award with ''Petrarca para viajeros''.

Works

Novels

* ''La hija de Marx'', Editorial Lumen, 1996, reissued in 2013 by Galerna * ''Si un hombre vivo te hace llorar'', Editorial Planeta, 1998, translated into Greek * ''No le digas que lo quieres'', Editorial Anaya, 2002 * ''Salsa'', Editorial Plaza y Janés, 2002, published in audio form in the United States * ''Petrarca para viajeros'', Editorial Pretextos, 2015

Short stories

Anthologies and collaborations

* ''Sobre Morpios y otros cuentos'', with Miguel Argibay, Antonio Calvo Roy, and Patricio Olivera; José Matesanz Editor, Trasgos de Metro collection, Madrid, 1982 * ''Cartas eróticas'', in collaboration with , Ed. Temas de Hoy, 1990 * "El cazador", in: ''Mujeres al alba'', Editorial Alfaguara, Madrid, 1999, pp. 107-122 * ''Manjares económicos'', in collaboration with Mariángeles Fernández, Ed. Alianza. * ''Deseos de mujer'', in collaboration with Carmen Posadas, Mariángeles Fernández, and Pilar Rodríguez, Ed. Plaza y Janés

Microfiction anthologies

* ''Por favor, sea breve'' 1 and 2 (Ed. Clara Obligado). Editorial Páginas de Espuma, Madrid, 2001 and 2009

Story books

* ''Una mujer en la cama y otros cuentos'', Catriel, Madrid, 1990 * ''Las otras vidas'', Editorial Páginas de Espuma, Madrid, 2006 * ''El libro de los viajes equivocados'', Editorial Páginas de Espuma, Madrid, 2011 * ''La muerte juega a los dados'', Editorial Páginas de Espuma, Madrid, 2015

Editor of works by new authors

* ''Qué mala suerte tengo con los hombres'' (Ed. Clara Obligado), Catriel, Madrid, 1997 * ''Cuentos para leer en el metro'' (Ed. Clara Obligado), Catriel, Madrid, 1999 * ''Historias de amor y desamor'' (Ed. Clara Obligado), Trivium, Madrid, 2001 * ''Jonás y las palabras difíciles'' (Ed. Clara Obligado), Ed. Taller de Escritura Creativa, Madrid * ''La Isla'' (Ed. Clara Obligado) Ed. Taller de Escritura Creativa, Madrid

Others

* ''Cartas eróticas'', essay, with Ángel Zapata, Temas de Hoy, Madrid, 1993 * ''Manjares económicos: cocina para literatos, golosos y viajeros'', with Mariángeles Fernández, Editorial Alianza, Madrid, 1995 * ''Qué se ama cuando se ama'', with illustrations by Pat Andrea, Ed. Ovejas al lobo, Madrid, 1997 * ''Qué me pongo'', essay, Editorial Plaza y Janés, Madrid, 2000 * ''Estética de la exclusión'', essay, in: ''En sus propias palabras: Escritoras españolas ante el mercado literario'', Henseler, Christine (ed.), Madrid: Torremozas, 2003, pp. 77-96 * ''Mujeres a contracorriente. La otra mitad de la historia'', essay, Plaza y Janés, Madrid, 2004; expanded edition: Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 2005, translated into French by Ed. Lattes * ''¿De qué se ríe la Gioconda? o ¿Por qué la vida de las mujeres no está en el arte?'', essay, Editorial Temas de hoy, Madrid, 2006 * ''Deseos de mujer'', with Mariángeles Fernández, Carmen Posadas, and Pilar Rodríguez, Plaza y Janés, Madrid, 2008 * "Viaje al centro de los libros", prologue of the anthology ''La distancia exacta. Cuentos sobre el viaje'', Editorial Fin de Viaje, Baza (Granada), 2013 * ''201'', compiled by David Roas and , Lima: Ediciones Altazor, 2013

Awards

* Lumen Women's Novel Award, for ''La hija de Marx'', Barcelona, 1996 * Finalist for the 2nd

Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero The Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero is a bi-annual Spanish-language literary award for a short story collection. The award amount is making it the largest in the world for an award of this kind. The award is open to authors of any natio ...

, for ''El libro de los viajes equivocados'', 2011 *

, for ''El libro de los viajes equivocados'', 2012 * Juan March Cencillo Short Novel Award, for ''Petrarca para viajeros'', 2015

References

External links

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