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Rosa María Britton
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. She studied medicine at the Autonomous University of Madrid, University of Madrid in Spain and continued her studies in gynecology 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. * ''Semana de la mujer y otras calamidades'', 1995, Spain. * ''La nariz invisible y otros misterios'', 2001, Spain. * ''Historia de Mujeres Cruel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panamá
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's million people. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of Engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |