Karina Sainz Borgo Explained

Birth Place:Caracas, Venezuela

Karina Sainz Borgo (born 1982, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan journalist and writer who has lived in Spain since 2006. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages,[1] and her stories have been published in magazines such as .[2]

Among Sainz's most important works are , her first novel, which has been translated into more than twenty languages, and , which was awarded the Jan Michalski Prize.[3] Along with authors such as Keila Vall de la Ville, Rodrigo Blanco Calderón,,, and Camilo Pino, she is part of what critics have called the "literature of the diaspora" or "exodus".[4] [5]

Early life and education

Karina Sainz Borgo was born in Caracas in 1982.[6]

She was a student at the Andrés Bello Catholic University before emigrating to Spain in 2006. She continued her studies at the Complutense University of Madrid (Master's, 2007), and at the Universidad CEU San Pablo.

Career

Sainz Borgo is a reporter and columnist for the Spanish newspaper ABC;[7] she has worked for Spanish media such as , Zenda, and Onda Cero.[8] She is a cultural journalist and author of journalism books such as Caracas hip-hop (2007) and Tráfico y Guaire, el país y sus intelectuales (2007).[9]

In 2019, she published La hija de la española, her first novel, which has been translated into more than twenty languages.[10] [11] Time magazine included this title among the 100 most important books of 2019.[12]

In her second book, Crónicas barbitúricas, she recounts her life in Madrid.[13] In her 2021 novel, El Tercer País, she revisits the myth of Antigone and the fundamental right that human beings have to bury their dead.[14] [15] Her 2023 fantasy novel, La isla del Doctor Schubert, with illustrations by Natàlia Pàmies,[16] was a finalist for the Grand Continent prize in 2023.[17]

Awards and honours

Selected works

Non-fiction

Novels

Notes and References

  1. News: Pardo . Carlos . Maldito país, Venezuela . 7 September 2024 . El País . 11 March 2019 . es. Damn country, Venezuela. 1134-6582.
  2. Web site: Scissors . Granta . 7 September 2024 . 25 October 2019.
  3. News: La venezolana Karina Sainz Borgo gana el premio Jan Michalski por 'El tercer país' . 7 September 2024 . Letralia, Tierra de Letras . 30 November 2023 . es. Venezuelan Karina Sainz Borgo wins Jan Michalski Award for 'The Third Country'.
  4. News: Francisco . Olivares . Literatura de la diáspora venezolana . 7 September 2024 . Coolt . es. Literature of the Venezuelan diaspors.
  5. News: Ramos . Dulce Maria . El éxodo del talento literario . 7 September 2024 . . 24 March 2019 . es. The exodus of literary talent.
  6. Web site: Karina Sainz Borgo . international literature festival berlin . 7 September 2024.
  7. News: Artículos escritos por Karina Sainz Borgo en Diario ABC . 7 September 2024 . Diario ABC . 5 September 2024 . es. Articles written by Karina Sainz Borgo in Diario ABC.
  8. News: Palomo . Elvira . Karina Sainz Borgo: 'No conozco otra cosa que no sea la violencia' . 7 September 2024 . El País . 10 October 2019 . es. Karina Sainz Borgo: 'I don't know anything other than violence'.
  9. News: El Cultural - Revista de cultura y artes referente en España. 7 September 2024 . El Español . es.
  10. News: En espera de la tercera, por Daniel Fernández . 7 September 2024 . La Vanguardia . 5 December 2021 . es. Waiting for the third, by Daniel Fernández.
  11. News: Goldáraz . Luis H. . Karina Sainz Borgo: 'No ha habido territorio más incomprendido que el del migrante' . 7 September 2024 . Libertad Digital - Cultura . 10 March 2021 . es-ES. Karina Sainz Borgo: 'There has never been a more misunderstood territory than that of the migrant'.
  12. News: 'Time' elige 'La hija de la española' de Karina Sainz entre los 100 mejores libros del año . 7 September 2024 . Vozpópuli . 15 November 2019 . es. 'Time' selects Karina Sainz's 'La hija de la española' among the 100 best books of the year.
  13. News: Cadenas . Julia F. . 'Madrid es la relación más larga que he tenido' . 7 September 2024 . El País . 6 November 2019 . es. 1134-6582. 'Madrid is the longest relationship I've had'.
  14. News: Sagel . Mariela . El tercer país . 7 September 2024 . www.laestrella.com.pa . es-PA. The third country.
  15. News: Maier . Anna Carolina . 'El tercer país', el Comala donde uno no quiere volver . 7 September 2024 . Letras Libres . 22 November 2021 . es-MX. 'The third country', the Comala where one does not want to return.
  16. News: 'La isla del doctor Schubert': la inventiva sin límites de Karina Sainz Borgo . 7 September 2024 . El Español . 19 March 2023 . es. 'The Island of Doctor Schubert': Karina Sainz Borgo's limitless inventiveness.
  17. Web site: L'île du docteur Schubert . Le Grand Continent . 7 September 2024 . fr-FR. Doctor Schubert's Island. 14 December 2023.
  18. News: Cabrices . Rafael Osío . Karina Sainz Borgo: 'No creo en las literaturas nacionales' . 7 September 2024 . Cinco8 . es. Karina Sainz Borgo: 'I don't believe in national literature'.
  19. Web site: Europese Literatuurprijs - Longlist 2021 . www.europeseliteratuurprijs.nl . 7 September 2024.
  20. Web site: Four O. Henry Prize Winning Stories Published by Granta . Granta . 7 September 2024 . 2021.
  21. Web site: Prix du Roman Fnac 2023 : les finalistes et les 30 titres en lice . L'Éclaireur Fnac . 7 September 2024 . fr. Prix du Roman Fnac 2023: the finalists and the 30 titles in the running.
  22. News: Karina Sainz Borgo, ganadora del Premio David Gistau de Periodismo 2023 . 7 September 2024 . ELMUNDO . 23 November 2023 . es. Karina Sainz Borgo, winner of the 2023 David Gistau Journalism Award.
  23. Web site: 2023 . Fondation Jan Michalski . 7 September 2024 . en.

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