Alicia Plante
Alicia Plante | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alicia Susana Plante 1939 (age 85–86) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, translator, psychologist |
| Awards | Premio Azorín (1990) |
Alicia Susana Plante (born 1939) is an Argentine writer, translator, and psychologist, considered one of the main figures of Argentine noir fiction.[1][2]
Biography
After Carmen Balcells became her literary agent, Plante published the "Water Trilogy" – Una mancha más (2011), Fuera de temporada (2013), and Verde oscuro (2014).[3][4][5] In 2016, she published her sixth novel, La sombra del otro, and two years later, in 2018, the crime novel Mala leche.[6][5] In 2020, she published her eighth novel, El menor.[1] In addition to her work as a writer, Plante has translated literary and scientific texts, and contributed to Página 12's cultural supplement Radar.[2][3] Her work has been translated into French and Italian.[3]
Awards and recognition
In 1990, her novel Un aire de familia (entered under the name Tras el verde) won the Premio Azorín, presented by the provincial government of Alicante and the publishing house Planeta. She was the first non-Spaniard to achieve this honor.[7]
Publications
Novels
- 1990: Un aire de familia
- 2003: El círculo imperfecto
- 2011: Una mancha más
- 2013: Fuera de temporada
- 2014: Verde oscuro
- 2016: La sombra del otro
- 2018: Mala leche
- 2020: El menor
Poetry
- 1970: Asumiendo mi alma
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gigena, Daniel (26 February 2021). "Alicia Plante habla de su último libro: El menor" [Alicia Plante Talks About Her Latest Book: El menor]. Página 12 (in español). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marabotto, Eva (8 May 2021). "Alicia Plante: 'Lo que distingue a la novela negra no es la sangre sino la crítica al entorno'" [Alicia Plante: 'What Distinguishes the Noir Novel is Not the Blood But the Criticism of the Setting']. Infobae (in español). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Regojo, José Luis (27 December 2017). "13 preguntas y una poeta, Alicia Plante: 'El oficio de escribir es como un músculo que se fortalece con el uso, con la exigencia'" [13 Questions and a Poet, Alicia Plante: 'The Craft of Writing is Like a Muscle That is Strengthened With Use, With the Demand']. Poémame (in español). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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