María Teresa Andruetto
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Maria Teresa Andruetto is a writer born in Arroyo Cabral, Argentina on January 26, 1954, daughter of Piedmontese descendants. She spent her childhood on the town of Oliva, Córdoba. In 2012, she received the Hans Christian Andersen Award, awarded by IBBY and considered the "the little Nobel Prize of literature".[1]
The construction of the individual and the social identity, the aftermath of the dictatorship in her country, and the feminine world are some of the main focuses in her work. Her books, read both by adults and young readers, break up generational barriers. She has published the novels "Tama" (Alción, 2003), "La mujer en cuestión" (DeBolsillo, 2009), and "Lengua Madre (Mondadori, 2010), the short stories "Stefano" (Sudamericana, 2001), "Veladuras" (Norma, 2005), and "La niña, el corazón y la casa" (Sudamericana, 2001), the storybook ""Todo movimiento es cacería (Mondadori, 2012), the book of poems "Palabras al rescoldo" (1993), "Pavese" (1998), "Kodak" (2001), and "Beatriz" (2005) in Ediciones Argos, "Paves/Kodak" (Del dock, 2008), "Tendedero" (CILC, 2010), and "Sueño Americano" (Caballo negro, 2009), as well as numerous books for children and young readers, such as "El anillo encantado" (1993), "Huellas en la arena" (1998), "La mujer vampiro" (2001), "El País de Juan" (2005), "El árbol de lilas" (2006), "Trenes" (2009), "El incendio" (2009), "Campeón" (2010), "La durmiente" (2010), "Solgo" (2011), and "Miniaturas" (2011).
Andruetto is trained as a teacher and has worked in both primary and secondary schools. She has written poems, novels, drama and children's books. For the Andersen Award, the IBBY jury emphasized "her mastery in writing important and original works that are strongly focused on aesthetics. She creates sensitive books, which are deep and poetic with a clear literary base. Her books relate to a great variety of topics, such as migration, inner worlds, injustice, love, poverty, violence or political affairs." [2]
Awarded works
- Tama, which was awarded the Luis Tejeda Municipal Prize.
- La Mujer en cuestión, which was awarded Best Novel by Fondo Nacional de las Artes.
- Lengua Madre, which was shortlisted for the Clarín Prize for Best Novel in 2007.
See also
References
- ^ "María Teresa Andruetto, Peter Sís Win Hans Christian Andersen Awards". Publishers Weekly. Mar 19, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ "Hans Christian Andersen Award Winners 2012 (Press Release)". March 19, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
External links
- Maria Teresa Andruetto, official website.
- http://interlitq.org/staff/maria_andruetto/bio.php
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