Lucía Gevert Parada (born 1932) is a

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an journalist, writer, editor, and former diplomat to

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during the

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of Augusto Pinochet. She was president of the , editor of the ''Mampato'' supplement of ''

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'' during the 1960s, and president of the

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(IBBY) of Chile from 1968 to 1973 and 1980 to 1980. She was a founder of the latter, along with the writers

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, and

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, among others. She was also a participant in the founding of Televisión Nacional de Chile and the

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magazine ''Colibrí''. In 1968 she participated in the Congress of Latin American Women. During her professional career she has received several honors for her journalistic work, including the

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in 1970 and the John Reitemeyer Prize for scientific journalism from the Inter American Press Association. Her husband is , winner of the . Gevert's first publication in the narrative genre was ''El puma'' in 1969, which received mixed reviews. Her literary work has ventured into poetry, short stories, essays, and anthologies, including 1992's ''El mundo de Amado'', where she assembled a juvenile anthology of indigenous legends from

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. In 2002, IBBY Chile selected three of her stories from ''El gatito que no sabía ronronear y otros cuentos'' as the best of 2001.

Works

* ''El puma'' (1969) * ''Conversaciones con el Profesor Zahvedruz'' * ''Los cometas y la gravitación universal'' * ''Lo cuenta el Cono Sur : mitos de nuestra tierra''

As coauthor

* ''Aguas oscuras'' * ''Cuentos cortos de la tierra larga'' * ''El mundo de Amado'' (1992), compilation of indigenous legends * ''Lo cuenta el Cono Sur'' * ''El mar encantado'' * ''El gatito que no sabía ronronear y otros cuentos'', with illustrations by Andrés Jullian * ''Baile de primavera'' (1995), with illustrations by Andrés Jullian * ''Mitos y leyendas de nuestra América'' * ''Cuentos del fin del mundo'' * ''Los cometas y la gravitación: el hechizo del Halley'', series of interviews

References

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