Matilde Sánchez (born 1958) is an

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journalist, writer, and translator. Beginning in 1982 she developed a prolific career in the field of cultural journalism. She edited the Culture and Nation supplement of the newspaper '' Clarín'', as well as '.

Professional career

Matilde Sánchez studied at the

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. Her first work was a biography of Hebe de Bonafini. In 1992 she published her first novel, ''La ingratitud'', dedicated to her father and that takes place in Berlin. The subject of travel is recurrent in her work, and according to writer , "appears as a fundamental experience" from her first novels. Her works have received favorable criticism from other writers, such as the Mexican Carlos Fuentes, who rated ''La ingratitud'', ''El dock'', and ''El desperdicio'' as particularly notable, and

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, who wrote about ''La ingratitud'': "It's a text notable for its intelligence, for the steadfast security of writing without hesitation, and for the ability to exhibit a drama of feelings with the same distance as observing a foreign city." , in turn, described her in his personal blog as one of the best writers of her generation. The writer Miguel Vitagliano opined that ''El dock'' was the best novel of the 1990s.

Works

Fiction

* ''La ingratitud'' (1992). Novel originally published by Editorial A. Korn and reissued in 2011 by Editorial Mardulce. * ''El Dock'' (1993). Novel. Editorial Planeta. * ''La canción de las ciudades'' (1999). Travel stories published by Seix Barral. * ''El desperdicio'' (2007). Novel. Editorial Alfaguara. * ''Los daños materiales'' (2011).

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Grupo Editorial Argentina.

Nonfiction

* ''Historias de vida'' (1985). Biography of Hebe de Bonafini. Editorial Nuevo Extremo. * ''Las reglas del secreto'' (1993). Annotated anthology of the work of

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. Economic Culture Fund. * ''Evita, imágenes de una pasión''. Report. Editorial Planeta. * ''Sueño rebelde''. Report about

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. Editorial Icaria.

Awards and fellowships

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

(1994) * Knight-Wallace Fellowship (

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) * 1st finalist 1992

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for ''El dock''

Personal life

Matilde Sánchez's eldest son is the rock journalist Valentín Pauls, from her relationship with .

References

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