María Esther de Miguel

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María Esther de Miguel (born November 1, 1929 in Larroque , Entre Ríos province , † July 27, 2003 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine columnist and writer.

Life

De Miguel came from a Jewish immigrant family from Spain. She tried her hand at first writing attempts in her youth. She wrote regularly for the literary magazine "Señales" and was a freelancer for the daily newspaper " La Nación ".

In old age, María Esther de Miguel developed colon cancer . She died of this at the age of 73 on July 27, 2003 in Buenos Aires, where she also found her final resting place.

Honors

  • Premio Planeta for the novel "El general, el pintor y la dama".
  • Premio Nacional de Literatura

Works (selection)

Biographies
stories
Novels
  • La amante del restaurador. Novela . New edition Planeta, Buenos Aires 2005, ISBN 950-742-377-X .
  • Las batallas secretas del Belgrano. Novela . Seix Barral, Buenos Aires 1999, ISBN 950-731-136-X .
  • Un dandy en la corte del rey Alfonso. Novela . Planeta, Buenos Aires 1999, ISBN 950-49-0136-0 .
  • El general, el pintor y la dama. Novela . Planeta, Buenos Aires 1997, ISBN 950-742-772-4 .
  • La hora undécima. Novela . Emece, Buenos Aires 1967.
  • Jaque a Paysandú. Novela . Bruguera, Buenos Aires 1984, ISBN 950-561-042-4 .
  • Violentos jardines de America. New edition Editores Norma, Buenos Aires 1998, ISBN 958-044701-2 (formerly “Pueblamérica”).

literature

  • Clarmi Bueno Zandona: Una mirada sobre la obra de María Esther de Miguel . Universidad de les Illes Balears, Palma 2000.
  • Malva E. Filer: Las nuevas "traduciones" de María Esther de Miguel . In: Alba de America , Vol. 3 (1985); No. 4/5, pp. 98-104.
  • Eduardo Romano (Ed.): Héctor Tizón . Germán Rozenmacher , Abelardo Castillo , María Esther de Miguel . Kapellusz, Buenos Aires 1987, ISBN 950-13-2242-4 ( Narradores argentinos ; 2).