Florencia Abbate

Florencia Abbate (born December 24, 1976, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine writer, poet and journalist. She is one of the founders of the feminist collective Ni una menos.

She studied literature at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and has worked for different media, such as "La Nación", "Perfil", "Página 12" or "El país" among others.

She was a participating author of the 2004 editor's week in Buenos Aires. In 2007, she spent a "virtual year" in Hamilton, Canada.

Works

Novels Magic Resort, Emecé, Grupo Planeta, 2007. El grito, Emecé, Grupo Planeta, 2004.

Poetry Los transparentes, Editorial Libros del Rojas, 2000, with drawings by Adolfo Nigro. Una sola alma somos: mapuches, Tantalia, 2006.

Essay Él, ella, ¿ella?, apuntes sobre transexualidad masculina, Editorial Perfil, 1998. Gilles Deleuze para principiantes, Editorial Era Naciente, 2001, with drawings by Pablo Páez. Literatura latinoamericana para principiantes, Editorial Era Naciente, 2003, with drawings by Diego Parés.

Short stories Una terraza propia, Editorial Norma, 2006 Puntos de fuga, Editorial Tantalia, 1996. Travel diary Las siete maravillas del mundo, Editorial Estrada, 1996. Tales for children