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Pilar Quintana
Quick Bio
From
Cali, Colombia
Colombian
Who
Writer
Birth
Cali, Colombia - 1972
Death
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Biography
Pilar Quintana is Colombian and author of novels and short stories. A Well-know voice in the Latin America contemporary literature, her texts revolvs around realism, violence and sexuality using a straight-forward language.
She was selected in 2007 for Bogota39, as one of the 39 most relevant writers aged up to 39 in Latin America. She also won the Alfaguarra Award in 2021, one of the most important awards of literature in Spanish language.
An international success, the rights to The Bitch were sold to ten countries. The book was also announced on the extended list for the prestigious National Book Award, in the translated literature category.
Source
Pilar Quintana. In: Wikipedia. Available at: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_Quintana. Accessed in September 2023.
Pilar Quintana. In: Editora Intrínseca. Available at: https://intrinseca.com.br/autor/pilar-quintana/ . Accessed in September 2023.
Video - "Benengeli's Readings": Pilar Quintana in conversation with Ileana Bolívar. In: Youtube Channel Instituto Cervantes Nueva York. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WHBScoz1l0 . Accessed in: November 2023
