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Marta Blanco
DiedApril 21, 2020(2020-04-21) (aged 82)
NationalityChilean
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
SpouseEnrique Lafourcade

Marta Blanco (1938–2020), was a Chilean writer and journalist.[1]

Early life

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Blanco was born in 1938 in Viña del Mar.[2]

Personal life

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Blanco was married to Enrique Lafourcade.[3] She was his second wife and they were together for seven years. He had been married to Chilean-born Canadian artist Maria Luisa Segnoret and he went on to marry Chilean painter Rossana Pizarro Garcia.[4]

Books

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  • The Generation Of The Leaves, Zig-Zag, 1965.[5]
  • Everything Is A Lie, Editora Brocal, 1974 – contains 13 stories,
    1. Bluegirl
    2. The disappearance of Eleodoro
    3. Gath & Chávez
    4. Golden wedding
    5. The general's feast
    6. Roast chickens
    7. A paper crown
    8. Motel
    9. The artist consoled
    10. Presence
    11. Maternity
    12. Optical One: She thought she was thinking about it
    13. Optics two: Mirage
  • For The Left Hand, Caos Ediciones, 1990; contains 12 stories,
    1. Japanese Towels
    2. Fueguina
    3. Chu Yuan's iniquities
    4. Walk
    5. Flatterer
    6. Moon that breaks
    7. Dark honeysuckle affair
    8. The Lord have mercy on Schtodt
    9. The saccade of the nuns
    10. The representative of the fourth part of the universe
    11. By Eye
    12. Interrogation by chosen people who know
  • Maradentro, Alfaguara, Santiago, 1997.
  • La Emperrada, Alfaguara, Santiago, 2001.
  • Whale Memory, Uqbar, Santiago, 2009

Awards

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  • Story Contest of the magazine Paula 1975.
  • Story Contest of the magazine Paula 1980.
  • Cuentos de El Mercurio Award 1995.
  • Tales of El Mercurio Award 1997.
  • Erotic Tales Award 2005 (Caras magazine).
  • Critics Award 2009 (Círculo de Críticos de Arte de Chile) for Memory of whales .[6]

References

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  1. ^ Cooperativa.cl. "Fallece a los 82 años la periodista y escritora Marta Blanco". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  2. ^ Andrés Gómez (2020-04-22). "Muere Marta Blanco, la escritora y periodista que conjugó memoria y ficción". La Tercera. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  3. ^ "Memorias en blanco y negro | CARAS" (in Spanish). 2009-11-17. Archived from the original on 2009-11-17. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  4. ^ El Mercurio, Artes y Letras: Animales Literarios, by Rossana Pizarro, 9 September 2001. Online at: http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id={8b5e106e-0f38-4074-b4fb-657cc9889204}
  5. ^ "A los 82 años fallece la periodista y escritora Marta Blanco « Diario y Radio U Chile" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  6. ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (2010-01-07). "Marta Blanco, Patricio Sabaté y Francisco Gacitúa figuran entre los premios del Círculo de Críticos de Arte | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-28.
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