Helena Corbellini

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Helena Corbellini , full name Gloria Helena Corbellini Troche , (born January 7, 1959 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is a Uruguayan writer and lecturer.

Corbellini successfully completed her literary training at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas (IPA) in 1982 . She was the editor of the Maldonado magazine Asterisco . As a culture journalist she worked for Zeta , El País Cultural , El País de los Domingos , La República and Brecha . She also worked as a columnist for the radio program Sopa de letras broadcast on CX26 SODRE .

Furthermore, she founded the literary workshop Pent House in Montevideo together with Elbio Rodríguez Barilari and was also involved in coordinating two other workshops (Talleres Literarios) - which she had been involved with since 1987. These were those of the Chamber of Notaries ( Asociación de Escribanos ) and the Casa de la Cultura of Maldonado. In 1999 and 2000 she organized the Tertulias Lunáticas poetry festival together with Elder Silva and Alvaro Echaider . At the beginning of the 21st century, she worked as a lecturer in literary theory at the Centro Regional de Profesores del Suroeste in Colonia .

Corbellini's literary work includes the two novels Laura Sparsi and La novia secreta del Corto Maltés , published in 1995 and 2000 . From the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) she was awarded the third prize of the National Prize for Storytelling in the Unpublished category for her short story book Pterodáctilos in 1999 and the second prize of the National Prize for Poetry for Círculo de sangre in 2000.

Publications (excerpt)

  • 1990: Roberto Arlt - La isla desierta
  • 1992: Manuscrito hallado al este del Edén , published by Ed.Mirador
  • 1995: Escrituras secretas , anthology edited for the Chamber of Notaries
  • 1995: Laura Sparsi , published by Cal y Canto , novel
  • 2000: La novia secreta del Corto Maltés , published by Ed.Fin de Siglo , Roman

Awards (excerpt)

  • 1999: Third prize of the National Prize for Storytelling in the Unpublished category for Pterodáctilos
  • 2000: Second prize in the National Poetry Prize for Círculo de sangre
  • 2006: Honorary Citizen ( Ciudadana Ilustre ) of the Bolivian city ​​of Sucre
  • 2009: Mentioned in the literary competition of the Intendencia Municipal of Montevideo for El sublevado

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SURNAME Corbellini, Helena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Corbellini Troche, Gloria Helena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan writer and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay