Born: 26 November 1938, Argentina
Died: NA
Country most active: Mexico, United States
Also known as: Luisa Valenzuela Levinson
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Periodista y narradora argentina. Entre 1979 y 1989 vivió en Nueva York, donde fue escritora en residencia en la Universidad de Columbia cu y en la de Nueva York nyu. Se ha desempeñado como docente, dictando cursos y talleres en Universidades de Estados Unidos de América y México. Su actividad académica se completa con membresías en destacadas instituciones, entre otras: el New York Institute for the Humanities nyih, la Cátedra Alfonso Reyes del Tecnológico de Monterrey itesm y la American Academy of Arts and Sciences aaas.
Ha recibido distinciones de diversa índole, entre las que se destacan el Premio Nacional Kraft, en1965; el Gran Premio de Honor de la Sociedad Argentina de Escritores sade; el Doctorado Honoris Causa de la Universidad de Knox (Illinois) y de la Universidad Nacional de San Martín unsam (Buenos Aires); la Medalla Machado de Assis de la Academia Brasilera de Letras abl; el premio Astralba de la Universidad de Puerto Rico upr y el premio Esteban Echeverría de la Agrupación Gente de Arte y Letras. En 2019, obtuvo el Premio Internacional de Creación Literaria Carlos Fuentes.
Argentine journalist and writer. Between 1979 and 1989, she lived in New York, where she was a writer-in-residence at Columbia University (CU) and New York University (NYU). She has taught courses and workshops at universities in the United States and Mexico. Her academic activity includes memberships in prominent institutions such as the New York Institute for the Humanities (NYIH), the Alfonso Reyes Chair at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).
She has received numerous awards, including the Kraft National Prize in 1965; the Grand Prize of Honor from the Argentine Society of Writers (SADE); honorary doctorates from Knox College (Illinois) and the National University of San Martín (UNSAM) in Buenos Aires; the Machado de Assis Medal from the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL); the Astralba Prize from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR); and the Esteban Echeverría Prize from the Gente de Arte y Letras Association. In 2019, she received the Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation.
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Luisa Valenzuela was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1938. She is the author of ten novels, including Cola de lagartija (The Lizard’s Tail, 1983), Como en la guerra (1977), and most recently, La máscara sarda, el profundo secreto de Perón (2012). She has also written thirteen collections of short stories and published several books of essays. Many of her novels and stories have been translated into English. Valenzuela’s honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship and Fulbright Scholarship. She was also selected to be a Fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities and a member of the Freedom to Write Committee at the PEN American Center. She taught writing seminars and workshops for ten years as a writer-in-residence at the Center for Inter-American Relations at both New York University and Columbia University. In 1989 she returned to Buenos Aires where she currently resides.
Luisa Valenzuela nació en Buenos Aires, Argentina en 1938. Es autora de diez novelas, entre ellas Cola de lagartija (1983), Como en la guerra (1977), y La máscara sarda, el profundo secreto de Perón (2012). Es también autora de alrededor de quince libros de cuentos, y varios libros de ensayo. A lo largo de su carrera, fue becaria Guggenheim, Fullbright. También fue elegida como becaria honoraria del New York Institute for the Humanities y como miembra del Freedom to Write Committee en el PEN American Center. Ha servido como profesora en varias universidades como New York University, Columbia University, y como escritora-en-residencia en el Center for Inter-American relations. En 1989 regresó a Buenos Aires.