Ana Barrios Camponovo Explained

Ana Barrios Camponovo
Birth Date:	20 June 1961
Birth Place:	Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation:	Actress, writer, illustrator
Awards:	Bartolomé Hidalgo Award

Ana Barrios Camponovo (born 20 June 1961) is a Uruguayan actress, writer, and illustrator.^[1]

Career

Ana Barrios Camponovo studied medicine at the Hospital de Clínicas and specialized in traditional Chinese medicine.

She performed in theater in Uruguay and abroad. She was an actress, scriptwriter, and co-writer for the Teatro de la Barraca group in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil from 1983 to 1987.^[2]

Her book Juan y la bicicleta encantada won the Bartolomé Hidalgo Award in 1995.^[3] It was published in Mexico, the United States, Canada, and the Philippines.^[4]

Alfaguara published her book Quepo Quito, which took 2nd Prize at the Ministry of Education and Culture Awards in 1997.^[2]

She lives in Spain where she has an online television program named Universo Infancia.

Awards

Year	Award	Book
1995	Bartolomé Hidalgo Award	Juan y la bicicleta encantada
1997	Ministry of Education and Culture Award	Quepo Quito

Works

• Del verdadero origen de las cometas y otros cuentos del país de los nunca vistos, Tae, 1992, OCLC 42042638
• Francisca y el corazón de las ideas, Tae, 1994
• Juan y la bicicleta encantada, Alfaguara, 1995,
• Quepo Quito, Alfaguara, 1997,
• Pipiribicho, Productora Editorial, 1997
• Evaristo camaleón, Productora Editorial, 1997
• Pipiribicho, Ediciones de Picaporte, Uruguay, 1998
• Mandalas a volar, Diputación Provincial de Cuenca/Devas, 2007,
• Señor niño, National University of Colombia, 2009^[4]

External links

• Universo Infancia at Asociación El Cuenco de Baubo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ana Barrios Camponovo . . Spanish . 14 November 2017.
2. Web site: Autores e Ilustradores Uruguayos . Uruguayan Authors and Illustrators . IBBY Uruguay . Spanish . 14 November 2017.
3. Book: Historia del Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo . History of the Bartolomé Hidalgo Award . Book Chamber of Uruguay . 6 . Spanish . 14 November 2017 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200052/http://www.camaradellibro.com.uy/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Bartolome-hidalgo-1988-2014.pdf . dead .
4. Book: López Soler, Dinorah . Literatura infantil y juvenil . Children's and Young Adult Literature . PSICOLIBROS . 9789974805347 . 33 . Spanish . 2007 . 14 November 2017 . Google Books.