Rosa María Britton (28 July 1936, Panama City – 16 July 2019, Panama City) was a Panamanian doctor and novelist.

Background and education

Her father was Cuban and her mother was Panamanian. She attended school in Panama City and her secondary studies in

Havana, Cuba Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

. She studied medicine at the University of Madrid in Spain and continued her studies in

gynecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined are ...

and oncology at the Brooklyn Jewish Medical Center in the United States. She lived in Panama since 1973.

Works

Novels

*''El ataúd de uso'', 1983 *''El señor de las lluvias y el viento'', 1984 *''No pertenezco a este siglo'', 1991 *''Todas íbamos a ser Reinas'', 1997 *''Laberintos de orgullo'', 2002 *''Suspiros de fantasmas'', 2005

Tales

* ''¿Quién inventó el mambo? '', 1985, Panama. * ''La muerte tiene dos caras'', 1987,

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

. * ''Semana de la mujer y otras calamidades'', 1995, Spain. * ''La nariz invisible y otros misterios'', 2001, Spain. * ''Historia de Mujeres Crueles'', Editorial Alfaguara, 2011, Spain.

Theater

*''Esa Esquina del Paraiso'', 1986 *''Banquete de despedida/Miss Panamá Inc.'', 1987

References

External links

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