Margarita Prieto Yegros (18 November 1936 – 10 October 2017) was a Paraguayan writer, historian, and journalist. She was a recipient of the Honor al Mérito Juana María de Lara.

Biography

Margarita Prieto Yegros was born in Asunción, Paraguay, on 18 November 1936. She received a doctorate in history at the University of Asunción and a master's degree in political science in 1993. She was a member of the Society of Paraguayan Writers and of the PEN Club of Paraguay. A regular contributor to '' Tupasy Ñe'e'', a women's magazine, she was a columnist in numerous newspapers in the capital and from 1986 she was part of a short story workshop which was directed by Professor

Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá (1917–2007) was a Paraguayan writer, essayist, poet, narrator and literature critic. Doctorate in Laws and Social Sciences by the National University of Asunción in 1943. He earned a Ph.D. in literature from the Univer ...

. In 1995 she published ''Verdad y fantasía'' (1995), and in 1998 she published a book of short stories, entitled ''En Tiempo de Chivatos''. In 2001 she published ''Cuentos de la Guerra Grande''. Other notable works include ''Consultorio sentimental'' (2006), ''Nuevos cuentos de la Guerra Grande'' (2006) and ''El Tratado de Tordesillas''. She also authored ten ecological stories, urging protection of the Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest. In her later years she was a pedagogical coordinator at the Universidad del Norte.

Awards

In 2011, she was a recipient of the Honor al Mérito Juana María de Lara.

References

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