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Alicia Escardó
Born
Alicia Escardó Vegh

(1963-06-25) 25 June 1963 (age 61)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Education
Occupation(s)Writer, cultural manager
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Alicia Escardó Vegh (born 25 June 1963) is a Uruguayan writer, cultural manager, and multimedia e-learning content creator.

Biography

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Alicia Escardó was born in Montevideo on 25 June 1963. She graduated from the University of the Republic's Faculty of Engineering with the title of computer analyst. From 2002 to 2008 she lived in Spain and studied at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and the National University of Distance Education in Madrid.

She has published several fiction books with Ediciones de la Banda Oriental [es], Ediciones Trilce [es], Editorial Fin de Siglo [es],[1] Quipu Libros,[2] and Penguin Random House. She has participated in two collective books, published stories in magazines, and has received mentions and awards for her literary work.

Escardó has also organized several cultural events, including the Semana Negra Uy[3][4] – recognized by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) Cultural Incentive Funds – and the Cycle of Exhibitions of Juan Capagorry, a project which won an MEC Competitive Grant.[5]

Works

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  • El poder invisible (Banda Oriental, 2011)
  • La ventana de enfrente (Trilce, 2012)
  • El chico que se sentaba en el rincón (Fin de Siglo, 2014)
  • Nayla y el misterio XO (Fin de Siglo, 2015)
  • Mavi, no te rindas (Quipu, 2017)
  • Escape de los Balcanes, (co-author, Random House, 2018)
  • La muerte de Pan (Fin de Siglo, 2019)[6]

Collective books

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  • Cuentos de montaña errante (Fin de Siglo, 2017)
  • 25/40 Narradores de la Banda Oriental (Banda Oriental, 2018)

Crime fiction anthologies

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  • Semana negra.uy: Archivos confidenciales (Ediciones de la Plaza, 2019)

Awards and honors

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  • Posdata Magazine Novel Contest, Para llegar al final, 2000, mention
  • Horacio Quiroga International Contest, book El poder invisible, 2011, first prize[7]
  • MEC Annual Literature Awards, juvenile literature, Niños como pájaros, 2013, mention[8]
  • Onetti Award, Intendency of Montevideo, youth literature, Mi pueblo ya no es el mismo, 2014, mention[9]
  • MEC Annual Literature Awards, youth literature, El chico que se sentaba en el rincón, 2014, second prize[10]
  • Narrators of the Banda Oriental National Narrative Award, Lolita Rubial Foundation, narrative, El naufragio, 2014, mention[11]
  • MEC Annual Literature Awards, youth literature, Nayla y el misterio XO, 2017, first prize[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Alicia Escardó Végh" (in Spanish). Editorial Fin de Siglo. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Alicia Escardó Végh" (in Spanish). Quipu Libros. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. ^ "El crimen tiene quien lo escriba y quien lo lea". El País tvshow (in Spanish). 9 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Festival uruguayo de novela negra llama al público a sumarse al suspenso" [Uruguayan Crime Novel Festival Calls on the Public to Joins the Suspense] (in Spanish). Montevideo. EFE. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Proyectos y becas seleccionados: FCC 2013" [Selected Projects and Grants: FCC 2013] (in Spanish). Ministry of Education and Culture. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  6. ^ Ivanier, Federico (12 August 2019). "Intrigas, sospechas y complots en el Olimpo" [Intrigues, Suspicions, and Plots in Olympus]. Escaramuza (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Se entregaron premios del concurso Internacional de Cuentos 'Horacio Quiroga'" [Prizes Awarded from the Horacio Quiroga International Short Story Contest]. Diario Cambio (in Spanish). 9 April 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Ganadores de los Premios Anuales de Literatura 2013" [Winners of the 2013 Annual Literature Awards] (in Spanish). Ministry of Education and Culture. 27 November 2013. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Anunciaron ganadores del concurso literario Onetti" [Winners of the Onetti Literary Contest Announced] (in Spanish). Intendency of Montevideo. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Ganadores de los Premios anuales de Literatura 2014" [Winners of the 2014 Annual Literature Awards] (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Education and Culture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Premio Nacional de Narrativa 'Narradores de la Banda Oriental'" [Narrators of the Banda Oriental National Narrative Award] (in Spanish). Fundación Lolita Rubial. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Alicia Escardó obtuvo premio del MEC en literatura infantil" [Alicia Escardó Wins the MEC Award in Children's Literature] (in Spanish). Radio Uruguay. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
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