Lina Meruane ( Spanish: Lina Meruane ; born 1970 , Santiago ) is a Chilean writer.
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Biography
Born in a family of immigrants from Italy and Palestine. Received literary scholarships from the Arts Development Fund (Chile, 1997 ), the Guggenheim Foundation (USA, 2004 ), and the National Arts Fund (USA, 2010 ). She made her debut in 1998 with a book of short stories, highly praised by Roberto Bolagno . She graduated from doctoral studies in Latin American literature at New York University . Founder and director of the independent publishing house Brutas in Santiago with a bookstore in New York .
Publications
- Las Infantas, Short Stories ( 1998 , reprinted in Argentina 2010 )
- Póstuma, novel ( 2000 , port. Lane 2001 )
- Cercada, novel (2000)
- The Rotten Fruit / Fruta Podrida, novel ( 2007 , prize of the National Council for Culture and Art for an unreleased novel; author's staging and its English transl. 2012 )
- Blood in the Eyes / Sangre en el ojo, novel (2012, publ. In Chile, Spain and Argentina; it. Lane. 2013 , port. Lane 2014 )
- Viajes virales: la crisis del contagio global en la escritura del sida, a journalistic study on AIDS in society and literature (2012, English transl. 2014)
- Volverse Palestina, Reporter Chronicle (2013; extended edition: 2014)
Recognition
Anna Zegers Prize (Germany, 2011 ). Juan Ines de la Cruz Prize (Mexico, 2012 ).