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Alicia Susana Plante

アリシア・スサナ・プランタ

Arishia Susana Puranta

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1939 (Buenos Aires)
Nationality
Argentine
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Buenos Aires

Career

Occupations
Writer, Translator, Psychologist
Active Years
1970-2020

Awards

Premio Azorín
1990
Work: Un aire de familia
Organization: Provincial government of Alicante and Planeta
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Un aire de familia

1990 Noir fiction

El círculo imperfecto

2003 Lesbian novel

Una mancha más

2011 Noir fiction

Fuera de temporada

2013 Noir fiction

Verde oscuro

2014 Noir fiction

La sombra del otro

2016 Noir fiction

Mala leche

2018 Crime novel

El menor

2020 Noir fiction

Asumiendo mi alma

1970 Poetry

Bibliography

  • Un aire de familia
  • El círculo imperfecto
  • Una mancha más
  • Fuera de temporada
  • Verde oscuro
  • La sombra del otro
  • Mala leche
  • El menor
  • Asumiendo mi alma

Translations of Works

  • Translated into French and Italian

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Characteristic style of noir fictionNarrative interwoven with social critique

Legacy

Considered one of the main figures of Argentine noir fiction. She was the first non-Spaniard to win the Premio Azorín in 1990.

Trivia

  • First non-Spaniard to win the Premio Azorín
  • Began writing at the age of ten