María José Caro (born
Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...
, 1985) is a
Peruvian
Peruvians (''/peruanas'') are the citizens of Peru. What is now Peru has been inhabited for several millennia by cultures such as the Caral before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Peruvian population decreased from an estimated 5–9 ...
writer.
Life
Caro was born in Lima in 1985. She has a master's degree from the
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...
. She has published three books, including two short story collections - ''¿Qué tengo de malo? (What is wrong with me?)'' (2017), ''La primaria'' (Elementary School) (2012) - and a novel ''Perro de negros (Black Dogs)'' (2016).
In 2017, she was named as one of the
Bogotá39
Bogotá39 was a collaborative project between the Hay Festival and Bogotá: UNESCO World Book Capital City 2007 in order to identify 39 of the most promising Latin American writers under the age of 39. The judges for the contest were three Colombia ...
, a list of the best young writers in
Latin America
Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...
.
The other 38 included
Samanta Schweblin &
Lola Copacabana from Argentina, the Mexican
Gabriela Jauregui,
Liliana Colanzi from Bolivia.
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References
1985 births
Living people
Peruvian writers
Peruvian women writers
Complutense University of Madrid alumni
Peruvian short story writers
Peruvian novelists
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