Rosa María Britton

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Rosa María Britton (2009)

Rosa María Crespo Justiniani de Britton (born July 28, 1936 in Panama City - † July 16, 2019 ) was a doctor and writer from Panama who specialized in obstetrics and oncology .

biography

Britton's father was Cuban and her mother was from Panama. She attended school in her hometown and completed her school days in Havana, Cuba. She then studied gynecology and oncology at the University of Madrid and later switched to these subjects at the Kingston Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn (New York).

Since 1973 she lived in her hometown Panama City. In addition to her work as a doctor, director of the national oncological institute at the Santo Tomás Hospital in Panama City, a pioneer of modern legislation for sexual and reproductive health and a functionary of medical associations, she also made a name for herself as a writer.

She won the Ricardo Miró Prize four times .

She also gained notoriety in her fight for human rights .

Rosa María Britton died at the age of 82 as a result of breast pleurisy and respiratory problems.

Works

Novels

  • El ataúd de uso , 1982, Panama .
  • El Señor de las lluvias y el viento , 1984, Panama.
  • No pertenezco a este siglo , 1991, Panamá.
  • Todas íbamos a ser reinas , 1997, Colombia .
  • Laberintos de orgullo , 2002, Costa Rica .
  • Suspiros de fantasmas , 2005, Costa Rica.

stories

  • ¿Quién inventó el mambo? , 1985, Panama.
  • La muerte tiene dos caras , 1987, Costa Rica.
  • Semana de la mujer y otras calamidades , 1995, Spain .
  • La nariz invisible y otros misterios , 2001, Spain.
  • Historia de Mujeres Crueles , Editorial Alfaguara, 2011, Spain. ISBN 978-9962-8968-1-4

Plays

  • Esa esquina del paraíso , 1986.
  • Banquete de despedida , 1987.
  • Los loros no lloran , 1994 (performed in Quetzaltenango , Guatemala ).

Awards

1982- Roman: El ataúd de uso
1984- Novel: El Señor de las lluvias y el viento
1985- Novella: ¿Quién inventó el mambo?
1991- Novel: No pertenezco a este siglo
1987- Amendment: La muerte tiene dos caras

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Rosa María Britton
personal data
SURNAME Britton, Rosa María
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Britton, Rosa María Crespo Justiniani de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Panamanian doctor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Panama City
DATE OF DEATH 16th July 2019