About Claudia Amengual
Born 1969. Claudia Amengual is an Uruguayan translator, writer and teacher.
Claudia Amengual Puceiro (born 7 January 1969, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan writer and translator. She is a recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
Biography She obtained her degrees in translation and literature at the University of the Republic. In 2003 she obtained a fellowship to study at the Complutense University of Madrid and Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander, Spain. Member of Bogotá39.
Work Juliana y los libros, 2020 (novel) El lugar inalcanzable, 2018 (novel) Viajar y escribir: nueve destinos que inspiran, 2017 (essay) Una mirada al periodismo cultural: Jaime Clara y "Sábado Sarandí", 2016 (essay) Cartagena, 2015 (novel) Rara avis. Vida y obra de Susana Soca, 2012 (essay) Falsas ventanas, 2011 (novel) Más que una sombra, 2007 (novel) Desde las cenizas, 2005 (novel) El vendedor de escobas, 2002 (novel) La rosa de Jericó, 2000 (novel)
Prizes Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (2006) for Desde las cenizas. Mention in Dramaturgy, Premios Onetti (2018) for Camaleón, camaleón.
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Uruguayan writer and translator
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Claudia Amengual was born on 7 January 1969 in Montevideo.
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