Hebe Uhart

Hebe Uhart (2 December 1936 – 11 October 2018) was an Argentine writer. In 2017, she received the Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award.

Career Of her childhood and relationship with books, Hebe Uhart relates:

She studied Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Later she worked as a teacher, both at primary and secondary level, and university at the UBA and the National University of Lomas de Zamora.

She lived in Buenos Aires, where she gave literary workshops.

Works Uhart's works have been collected in numerous anthologies. 2008 – Turistas (short stories) 2010 – Relatos reunidos (short stories and novellas) 2011 – Book Foundation Award for Best Argentine Book of Literary Creation, for Relatos reunidos 2014 – Konex Award Merit Diploma, in the category "Cuento: quinquenio 2004–2008" 2015 – Fondo Nacional de las Artes Prize 2017 – Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award