Fanny Buitrago is a
Colombian fiction writer and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
best known for her novel ''Señora de la miel''. She was born in
Barranquilla
Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ...
, Colombia in 1943.
Publications
Her best-known book is ''Señora de la miel'' (''Senora Honeycomb'' or ''Mrs Honeycomb''; translated into English in 1996).
Her first novel was ''El hostigante verano de los dioses'' (''The Tormenting Summer of the Gods''; 1963).
Themes
She generally avoids overt political messages, although she has dealt with the civil unrest of
la Violencia
''La Violencia'' (, The Violence) was a ten-year civil war in Colombia from 1948 to 1958, between the Colombian Conservative Party and the Colombian Liberal Party, fought mainly in the countryside.
''La Violencia'' is considered to have begu ...
, preferring to focus on broken homes and families which act as metaphors for a country suffering great upheaval.
Her works have been associated with the
Nadaísmo movement in Colombia.
Awards
In 1964 she won the Cali Theater Festival Prize for her play ''El hombre de paja'' (''Scarecrow'').
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References
1943 births
Living people
People from Barranquilla
Colombian women writers
International Writing Program alumni
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