Maybell Lebron

Maybell Lebron (born 23 September 1923) is an Argentine-born writer of short stories, poems, and novels, based in Paraguay. She is the founder of Associated Paraguayan Writers, and has won Paraguay's National Prize for Literature.

Early life Maybell Lebron was born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1923, and has lived in Paraguay since 1930. She married Doctor Juan S. Netto, and they had three children. She started writing once her children were older, and as a writer she is self-taught.

Literary career Lebron's first book was the poetry collection Puente a la luz, published by Editorial Arandura. This was followed by the short story books Memoria sin tiempo and Los ecos del silencio. The novel Pancha is one of her best-known works.

During her long career she has won several important honors, such as first prize in the 1989 Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin contest, the Néstor Romero Valdovinos Award from the newspaper Hoy in 1993, the in 2000, and Paraguay's National Prize for Literature in 2015.

Associated Paraguayan Writers Associated Paraguayan Writers was founded in July 1997 by Maybell Lebron, Dirma Pardo Carugatti, and Luisa Moreno Sartorio, with the aim of promoting literature written by women in Paraguay – both its creation and its dissemination. During Lebron's presidency, the anthologies Peldaños de papel and Poemas were published.