Claudia Piñeiro (born 1960) is an Argentine

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and screenwriter, best known for her

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and

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novels, most of which became best sellers in

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. She was born in

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province. She has won numerous literary prizes, among them the German for ''Elena Sabe'' and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for ''Las grietas de Jara''. Five of her novels have been translated into English by

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and Charco Press, as well as adapted into feature films. In April 2022, her novel ''Elena Knows'', translated into English by Frances Riddle, was shortlisted for the

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Works

Novels

* ''Catedrales'' (Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 2020) * ''Las maldiciones'' (Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 2017) * ''Una suerte pequeña'' (Buenos Aires: Alfaguara 2015) * ''Un comunista en calzoncillos'' (Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 2013) * ''Betibú'' (Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 2011). ** ''Betty Boo''.

, 2016, , * ''Las grietas de Jara'' (Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 2009) ** ''A Crack in the Wall''. Bitter Lemon Press, 2013, , * ''Elena sabe'' (Buenos Aires: Alfaguara 2007) ** ''Elena Knows'', tr. Frances Riddle, Charco Press 2021, , * ''Tuya'' (Buenos Aires: Colihue, 2006, Alfaguara, 2008). , ** ''All Yours'', Bitter Lemon Press, 2012, , * ''Las viudas de los jueves'' (Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 2005, 2011 Madrid: Alfaguara, 2012). , ** ''Thursday Night Widows''. Bitter Lemon Press, 2009, ,

Theatre

* ''Con las manos atadas'', 2013 Buenos Aires: Interzona, 2013 * ''Tres viejas plumas'', 2008 Buenos Aires: Interzona, 2013 * ''Morite, gordo'', 2007 Buenos Aires: Interzona, 2013 * ''Verona'', 2007 Buenos Aires: Interzona, 2013 * ''Un mismo árbol verde'', 2006 Buenos Aires: Interzona, 2013 * ''Cuánto vale una heladera'' Buenos Aires: Ministerio de Educación, 2005; Interzona, 2013 * ''Obra teatral'' Buenos Aires: Interzona, 2013, 203 pp. (consists of all the theater plays mentioned above)

Stories for children

* ''Serafín, el escritor y la bruja'' (Buenos Aires: Ed. Don Bosco 2000, Alfaguara 2011, 85 pp. Barcelona: Edebé 2000, 2007). * ''Un ladrón entre nosotros'' (Bogotá: Norma 2005, 92 pp.).

For young readers

* ''El fantasma de las invasiones inglesas'' (Buenos Aires: Norma 2010, 126 pp.)

Awards

* Premio Clarín de Novela 2005 * Premio Pepe Carvalho de novela negra 2018 * Longlist for Barbellion Prize 2020

References

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