Claudia Amengual Puceiro (born 7 January 1969, in Montevideo) is a

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an writer and translator. She is a recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.

Biography

She obtained her degrees in translation and literature at the University of the Republic. In 2003 she obtained a fellowship to study at the

Complutense University of 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 loc ...

and

Menéndez Pelayo International University Menéndez Pelayo International University ("UIMP" in Spanish) is a public university with administrative headquarters in Madrid and campuses in Santander, Valencia, Barcelona, Cartagena, Cuenca, Granada, La Línea de la Concepción, Seville and ...

in Santander, Spain. Member of Bogotá39.

Work

*''Juliana y los libros'', 2020 (novel) *'' El lugar inalcanzable'', 2018 (novel) *''Viajar y escribir: nueve destinos que inspiran'', 2017 (essay) *''Una mirada al periodismo cultural: Jaime Clara y "Sábado Sarandí"'', 2016 (essay) *'' Cartagena'', 2015 (novel) *''Rara avis. Vida y obra de

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'', 2012 (essay) *''Falsas ventanas'', 2011 (novel) *''Más que una sombra'', 2007 (novel) *''Desde las cenizas'', 2005 (novel) *''El vendedor de escobas'', 2002 (novel) *''La rosa de Jericó'', 2000 (novel)

Prizes

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(2006) for ''Desde las cenizas''. *Mention in Dramaturgy, Premios Onetti (2018) for ''Camaleón, camaleón''.

References

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