Inés Garland
Inés Garland (* 1960 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine journalist and author. Her novel Piedra, papel o tijera (2009; Eng . Like an invisible tape , 2013) has been published in German translation , which the press calls a “poetic story” (Die Zeit), a “great coming-of-age novel” (South German Newspaper) and "rousing" (Spiegel Online) and which was awarded the Lynx of the Month by Die Zeit in August 2013 and the German Youth Literature Prize in October 2014 .
life and work
Inés Garland worked as a journalist for various Argentine magazines such as Nueva , Metrópolis and Paula . There she also worked as an editor from 2006 to 2007. She writes for Ñ , the culture supplement of the Argentine newspaper Clarín . In 2003, her short story Los dulces sueños están hechos de esto was awarded by the Fundación Avón and appeared two years later in the volume Cuentos de luz y sombra, edited by Angélica Gorodischer . So far, Garland has published three books in Spanish: El rey de los centauros (2006), Una reina perfecta (short stories, 2008) and Piedra, papel o tijera (youth novel, 2009). The latter book will appear in the spring of 2013 under the title How an invisible tape in German translation by Ilse Layer at S. Fischer Verlag . The story focuses on a childhood and a love experience in Argentina under the emerging military dictatorship. In 2012 Garland co-wrote the anthology Las otras islas and wrote the short story of the same name contained therein. She is also active as a screenwriter, translator and head of writing workshops.
In 2013 she was a member of the jury for The Extraordinary Book of the Children and Youth Program of the Berlin International Literature Festival .
Press review
Like an Invisible Ribbon (2013)
“With How an Invisible Band, Inés Garland has presented an impressive and sensitive novel about youth and growing up in a military dictatorship. From the idyllic childhood on the island in the delta, where life apparently flows just as leisurely as the river, the book develops into an oppressive coming-of-age story, in the course of which the protagonist changes from the apolitical girl to an observer of the social Changes will. "
“Inés Garland impressively describes the painful process of self and world knowledge. Alma's emotional world is explored in a sensitive and nuanced way: insecurity, the longing for love and belonging, the worry of being excluded, fear of loss, alienation, guilt and grief, often accompanied by the speechlessness that paralyzes Alma's communication with Carmen, Marito and their parents. "
“First love - that's Inés Garland's coming-of-age novel Like an Invisible Band . But it's about so much more than that. A melancholy book is like an invisible ribbon , the atmosphere is as oppressive as a day that is too hot by the water. Because the novel is set in Argentina in the late seventies, at the time of the military dictatorship. "
“It takes the reader more than the few notes from the publisher at the end to understand what happened in the terrible years. But that is the only criticism of this particular book that arouses so much compassion and should be an occasion to study the recent history of Argentina more thoroughly. "
“Inés Garland doesn't need many words to tell her story. 250 pages are enough to open up an almost infinite world to the reader, with an equally unlimited appeal. A world that holds us under its spell long after we have closed the book again, that continues to have an effect and gains in profile long after the last sentence has faded in us. Written as poetic as it is touching, like an invisible band , it unfolds its depth effect also and especially in what remains unsaid, what is only hinted at or becomes clear between the words. [...] Great literature in the style of the early Isabel Allende . "
“Inés Garland's language is clear, fresh and gripping. As sensitive, intelligent and precisely observing as Alma herself. She expresses deep feelings in simple pictures, Alma's parents and schoolmates are carefully characterized by their gestures, facial expressions and language. The author does not spare us conflicts, torture and murder, but the restraint of her descriptions increases their impact. All the more sensually, it tells of freedom on the river. From the smells of the forest, the sounds of the animals, from the humid heat and wonderful starry nights. About the magic of nature and the happiness that lasts until Alma gets to know love and the social and political reality. [...] The novel is constantly increasing its pace, from the cozy childhood to the dramatic events in Buenos Aires to the exciting end. The epilogue - a scene thirty years later - once again makes the great strength of the novel clear: It points far beyond the actual plot and thus opens up new spaces for the reader's imagination and emotions. "
Publications
| Original edition in Spanish | German translation | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 2005: Cuentos de luz y sombra - Obras seleccionadas de los Concursos Interamericanos de Cuentos 2003-2004 , publisher: Vinciguerra (Buenos Aires), ISBN 978-9508436252 | not translated | Anthology with 19 short stories by Gabriela Mársico, Selva Palomino, Iris Estela Longo, María Laura Meradi, Mariela Giana, Gabriela Urrutibehety, María Paulina Correa Cornejo, Susana Rabbufeti, Claudia Piñeiro , Matilde Carranza, Bertha Cecilia Ramos Roca, Inés Garland, Agustina Bazterrica Inés Legarreta, Aída Elena Falcón, Gabriela Ruth Mayer, Lidia Barugel, Ana Reyes Chiquete, Zunilda Blanchet
Inés Garland's short story title: Los dulces sueños están hechos de esto |
| 2006: El rey de los centauros , text: Inés Garland, publisher: Alfaguara (Buenos Aires), ISBN 978-9870405504 | not translated | novel |
| 2006: No somos perfectas , Publisher: Editorial Nuevo Extremo (Buenos Aires), ISBN 978-9871068920 | not translated | Anthology with 18 short stories by Romina Doval, Liliana Escliar, María Fasce, Liliana Felipe, Vera Fogwill, Inés Garland, Angélica Gorodischer , Maite Jáuregui, Anna Kazumi Stahl, Liliana Lukin, María Victoria Menis, Vanesa Ragone, Sandra Russo, Julia Solomonoff, Patricia Suárez, Susana Torres Molina, Beatriz Vignoli and Laura Yasan
Title of the short story by Inés Garland: La novia de Sandokan |
| 2008: Una reina perfecta , text: Inés Garland, publisher: Alfaguara (Buenos Aires), ISBN 978-9870409533 | not translated | Anthology with 13 short stories: Una reina perfecta , Más tarde en la vida , El llamado , El remolino , Una buena educación , Electrocardiograma de riesgo , Cóctel , Microcosmos , Los dulces sueños están hechos de esto , La penitencia , Una cuestión de altura , Azul turquesa , El último día de las vacaciones
Short story Una reina perfecta published in 2013 as A Perfect Queen in New Welsh Review No. 100, translated from Spanish by Richard Gwyn |
| 2009: Piedra, papel o tijera , text: Inés Garland, publisher: Alfaguara (Buenos Aires), ISBN 978-9870412939 | 2013: Like an invisible ribbon , translation from Spanish by Ilse Layer, Fischer ( Frankfurt am Main ), ISBN 978-3596854899 | novel |
| 2012: Las otras islas - Antología , Publisher: Alfaguara (Buenos Aires), ISBN 978-9870422532 | not translated | Anthology with 9 short stories by Marcelo Birmajer, Liliana Bodoc , Pablo De Santis, Juan Forn, Inés Garland, Pablo Ramos , Eduardo Sacheri , Patricia Suarez and Esteban Valentino
Inés Garland's short story is called just like the anthology: Las otras islas |
Awards
- 2003: National Art's Foundation Award for her then unpublished short story collection Una reina perfecta
- 2003: Reaching the final round of the Editorial Planeta's Award for the then unpublished novel El rey de los centauros
- 2004: Finalist at the Premio Planeta de América Latina with her novel manuscript El Dios de Le Mans
- 2008: 2nd prize of the Fondo Nacional de las Artes
- 2009: Award from ALIJA (Argentine section of the IBBY Board of Trustees for Young People ) in the Best Novel category for How an Invisible Band
- 2013: inclusion in the best 7 books for young readers by Deutschlandfunk in April for How an invisible band
- 2013: Book of the month June of the AG Children's and Youth Literature Austria for How an invisible tape
- 2013: Lynx of the month in August for Like an invisible band
- 2013: Youth Book of the Month September by the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature for How an invisible tape
- 2014: German Youth Literature Prize in the Youth Book category for How an Invisible Band
Festival participation
- 2013: Children's and youth program at the 13th Berlin International Literature Festival in September
- 2013: Children's and youth program at the harbourfront literature festival in September
Web links
- Biographies of the author: international literature festival berlin - Fischer Verlag - Vilar Creative Agency - Agencia Literaria CBQ
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Like an invisible ribbon
- Another review: NZZ
- Reading sample (PDF; 155 kB)
- Interview with Inés Garland
- Literature by and about Inés Garland in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ Period of August 8, 2013, No. 33, p. 40
- ↑ http://www.buecher.de/shop/ablebnis/wie-ein-unsichtsame-band/garland-ins/products_products/detail/prod_id/36802287/
- ↑ a b Maren Keller: Coming-of-Age novel "Like an invisible band": The weeping willow syndrome. In: Spiegel Online . April 8, 2013, accessed June 10, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/preistraeger_jugendbuch-16.html
- ↑ Inés Garland ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. vilarcreativeagency.com, accessed November 29, 2012.
- ↑ Envía Regalos A Estos Miembro buenastareas.com, accessed November 29, 2012.
- ↑ Press release, Inés Garland, Like an invisible tape ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. fischerverlage.de, accessed on November 29, 2012.
- ↑ a b Workshop: The War on the Malvines in Cultural Memory, Inés Garland romanistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de, accessed on November 29, 2012.
- ↑ Via Inés Garland , fischerverlage.de, accessed on November 29, 2012.
- ↑ http://letteraturen.letterata.de/2013/02/ines-garland-wie-ein-unsichtsame-band/
- ↑ http://www.buecher.de/shop/ablebnis/wie-ein-unsichtsame-band/garland-ins/products_products/detail/prod_id/36802287/#richcontent_9282190
- ↑ Maria Frisé: A suspension bridge is beautiful, but not enough. In: FAZ.net . April 19, 2013, accessed October 13, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.eselsohr-leseablebnis.de/
- ↑ http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendung/kritik/2197937/
- ↑ http://www.newwelshreview.com/article.php?id=490
- ↑ Mañana anuncian ganador de Premio Planeta ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , elpais.com.uy, accessed November 29, 2012.
- ↑ Piedra, papel o tijera ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , alija.org.ar, accessed November 29, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendung/jungeleser/2050175/
- ↑ https://www.radiobremen.de/nordwestradio/sendung/literaturzeit/audio116250-popup.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.akademie-kjl.de/190/praemierungen-des-monats/buch-des-monats/2013-buch-des-monats/september-2013/
- ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/preistraeger_jugendbuch-16.html/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garland, Inés |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |