Teresa de la Parra

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Teresa de la Parra

Teresa de la Parra (born October 5, 1889 in Paris , † April 23, 1936 ; actually Ana Teresa Parra Sanojo ) was a Venezuelan writer.

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Teresa de la Parra is considered one of the most important representatives of Venezuelan women's literature. Her novel Ifigenia, diario de una señorita que escribió porque se fastidiaba (German under the title: Diary of a young lady who is bored ) was published in Paris in 1924 and in a revised version in 1928. Among other things, it was included in the UNESCO collection more representative Works and in the Manesse Library of World Literature . In addition to short stories, her work also includes essays. She is buried in the Panteón Nacional de Venezuela (National Pantheon of Venezuela).

Works (selection)

  • Ifigenia. Diario de una señorita que escribió porque se fastidiaba . JH Bendelac, Paris 1928.
    • German translation: Diary of a young lady who is bored . Novel. Translated from Spanish by Petra Strien-Bourmer. Afterword by Maike Albath. Manesse, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7175-2154-9 .
    • French translation: Iphigénie . Translated by Yves Coleman with the assistance of Violante do Canto. Series Collection d'oeuvres UNESCO Representatives . Indigo & Côté-femmes éditions, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-907883-91-7 .
  • Memorias de mama Blanca . Panapo, Caracas 1968.

Work editions

  • Obra escogida (Selected Works). Monte Avila Editores Latinoamericana, Caracas 1992.
  • Obra. Narrativa, ensayos, cartas . Biblioteca Ayacucho , Caracas 1982.

literature

in order of appearance

  • Velia Bosch, Lisandro Alvarado (eds.): Teresa de la Parra ante la critica . Monte Avila Editores Latinoamericana, Caracas 1982.
  • Elizabeth Garrels: Las grietas de la ternura. Nueva lectura de Teresa de la Parra . Monte Avila Editores Latinoamericana, Caracas 1986.
  • Louis Antoine Lemaître: Mujer ingeniosa. Vida de Teresa de la Parra . Editorial La Muralla, Madrid 1987.
  • Douglas Bohórquez: Teresa de la Parra. The diálogo de géneros y la melancolía . Monte Avila Editores Latinoamericana, Caracas 1997, ISBN 980-01-0923-4 .
  • Fernando Guzmán: Las ciudades interiores y los espacios de la melancolía en Teresa de la Parra . Fundarte, Caracas 2011, ISBN 978-980-253-505-7 .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Hans-Martin Gauger : The Miss Miracle of Caracas. When young women are bored: The feminist novel by Teresa de la Parra is finally available in German after more than eighty years. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from June 15, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Parra, Teresa de la
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parra Sanojo, Ana Teresa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1936
Place of death Madrid