Mónica Ojeda Explained

Mónica Ojeda Franco (born Guayaquil, 1988) is an Ecuadorian writer. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, followed by a master's degree from the Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona. She is currently working on her doctorate in Madrid. Ojeda has published in several genres, including poetry, novels, and short stories. In 2017, she was named as one of the Bogotá39, a selection of the best young writers in Latin America.[1] The other 38 included Samanta Schweblin, the Brazilian Mariana Torres and the Mexican Gabriela Jauregui, Liliana Colanzi from Bolivia and Argentinians María José Caro and Lola Copacabana.[2]

In January 2018 she published the novel Jawbone, which tells the story of a teenage girl obsessed with horror stories and creepypastas who is kidnapped by her literature teacher.[3] The book was described as "one of the novels of the season" by the Spanish newspaper El País,[4] which ranked it 12th in its list of the 50 best books of 2018.[5] The novel was also selected as one of the ten finalists for the Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Novel Prize in its 2018 edition.[6]

In 2020 she was selected as one of the five finalists for the sixth edition of the Ribera del Duero Short Story Award with her unpublished book of short stories El mundo de arriba y el mundo de abajo,[7] in which she explores through horror themes such as gender violence, abortion, sexuality and religion in a style she defined as "Andean Gothic".[8]

Works

Novels

Poetry

Short stories

Notes and References

  1. http://agencialiterariacbq.com/en/escritores/monica-ojeda/ Bio
  2. Web site: de 2017 . 7 de Mayo . Los 39 jóvenes escritores latinoamericanos elegidos como los mejores del año . 2022-12-05 . infobae . es-ES.
  3. Web site: 'Mandíbula' es una novela que explora lo femenino-monstruoso El Comercio. 2018-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180307112109/http://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/mandibula-novela-escritora-libro-literatura.html. 2020-05-16. 2018-03-07.
  4. News: Bogotá 39: ¿Quién demonios es Mónica Ojeda? Cultura EL PAÍS. El País. 2018-05-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20180530022732/https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/05/29/actualidad/1527607645_152643.html. 2020-05-16. 2018-05-30. Marcos. Javier Rodríguez.
  5. Web site: Libro de la guayaquileña Mónica Ojeda entre lo mejor de 2018, según crítica internacional – La República EC. 2018-12-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20181216010828/https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/cultura/2018/12/15/libro-de-la-guayaquilena-monica-ojeda-entre-lo-mejor-de-2018-segun-critica-internacional/. 2020-05-16. 2018-12-16.
  6. Web site: Ecuatoriana Mónica Ojeda, finalista en bienal mexicana Cultura Entretenimiento El Universo. 2019-04-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401211218/https://www.eluniverso.com/entretenimiento/2019/02/16/nota/7190786/ojeda-finalista-bienal-mexicana. 2020-05-16. 2019-04-01.
  7. News: Magela Baudoin, Marcelo Luján y Mónica Ojeda, entre los finalistas del Premio Ribera del Duero Cultura. El País. 2020-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20200218142754/https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/02/18/actualidad/1582024905_110895.html. 2020-05-16. 2020-02-18.
  8. Web site: El Telégrafo - Noticias del Ecuador y del mundo - Ojeda, Baudoin y Erlés entre finalistas del Premio Ribera del Duero. 2020-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20200219140937/https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/cultura/10/finalistas-riberadel-duero. 2020-05-16. 2020-02-19.

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