Marta Lynch

Marta Lynch was the pseudonym of Marta Lía Frigerio (Buenos Aires, 8 March 1925 – 8 October 1985), an Argentine writer. She wrote seven novels and nine collections of short prose.

Life Born in Buenos Aires, she studied philology at the University of Buenos Aires. She married a lawyer, Juan Manuel Lynch, with whom she had two children. She belonged to a group of female Argentine writers in the 1950s and 1960s (like Silvina Bullrich, Beatriz Guido, Sara Gallardo, etc.). They wrote various best-sellers and were both popular and controversial during that time. Alberto Girri described Lynch as a writer "little less than unique among us, for her impetus and narrative dexterity and incorporating to our literature characters like Mrs. Ordóñez or Colorado Villanueva, perhaps archetypes of our means."

She graduated with a degree in literature from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of Buenos Aires. She gave lectures in Europe and throughout the Americas (Mexico, Cuba, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay) and collaborated with La Nación. She was proclaimed one of the ten best South American storytellers.

Political activity In November 1972, Lynch travelled in the charter that brought back Juan Perón. Her political stances changed throughout her lifetime.

Death She was terrified of the effects of ageing both on the body and in the mind. In 1985, after a long battle with depression, she died by suicide in Buenos Aires.

She is survived by her children, the anthropologist Manuel Ramiro, the philosopher Enrique and Marta Juana Lynch. And her grandchildren, including Deborah Francisca and Maria Josefina Lynch; Maria and Juan Manuel Lynch; Maria Carelli and Juan and Catalina Poitevin, respectively.

Works La alfombra roja (Fabril Editora, 1962) Novela Al vencedor (Editorial Losada, 1965) Novela Los cuentos tristes (Centro Editor de América Latina, 1967) Cuentos La señora Ordóñez (Editorial Jorge Álvarez, 1968) Novela Cuentos de colores (Editorial Sudamericana, 1970) – Premio Municipal – Cuentos El cruce del río (Editorial Sudamericana, 1972) Novela Un árbol lleno de manzanas (Editorial Sudamericana, 1974) Novela Los dedos de la mano (Editorial Sudamericana, 1976) Cuentos La penúltima versión de la Colorada Villanueva (Editorial Sudamericana, 1978) Novela Los años de fuego (Editorial Sudamericana, 1980) Cuentos Informe bajo llave (Editorial Sudamericana, 1983) Novela No te duermas, no me dejes (Editorial Sudamericana, 1985) Cuentos