María Fernanda Ampuero (

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, 14 April 1976) is an Ecuadorian feminist writer and journalist.

Biography

Ampuero studied college at

Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG) (English: Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil) is a private, Catholic, higher education institution in Guayaquil, Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a coun ...

, where she shared classes with writers such as Solange Rodríguez, Luis Carlos Mussó, among others. In December 2004 she traveled to Spain with the intention of chronicling the lives of Ecuadorian migrants, but decided to stay in Spain herself. For the next decade she wrote numerous articles about migrants' lives and their economic hardships that were published in magazines around Latin America and Europe. Some of these articles were later compiled in her first two non-fiction books: ''Lo que aprendí en la peluquería'' (2011) and ''Permiso de residencia'' (2013). In 2012 she was named one of the 100 most influential Latin-Americans in Spain. She also won an award for the best chronicle by the Organización Internacional de las Migraciones. '' Pelea de gallos'', her first short-story collection, was published in 2018 and quickly became a critic sensation. It was named one of the best 10 books of 2018 by the Spanish edition of

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and won the Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize. The book, composed of 13 stories, explores topics such as violence, sexism and social inequality in Latin America through the eyes of women. It was translated as ''

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'' by

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and published by

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in 2020.

Works

María Fernanda Ampuero has published the following books: * ''Lo que aprendí en la peluquería'' (2011), non-fiction * ''Permiso de residencia'' (2013), non-fiction * '' Pelea de gallos'' (2018), short-story collection. Translated as ''

'' (2020) by

. * ''Sacrificios humanos'' (2021), short-story collection.

References

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