| Marta Brunet | |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Chillán, Chile |
| Death Place: | Montevideo |
| Occupation: | Writer |
Marta Brunet (August 9, 1897 - October 27, 1967), was a Chilean writer. She was a recipient of the National Prize for Literature.
Born August 9, 1897 in Chillán, she was the only child of Ambrosio Brunet Molina and his Spanish wife María Presentación Cáraves de Colosia. Her mother was a disabled person which led to Marta Brunet being largely taught at home by tutors. In her teen years she traveled to Europe with her parents and became influenced by the authors there. In 1923, her first novel appeared and was noted for its realistic portrayal of country life. By 1929, she lived in Santiago and had won a literary prize for a short story. Her writings began to involve urban life more after this and her 1946 work Humo hacia el sur [Smoke on the Southern shore], involving urban society, would be one of her most noted. Later she became second secretary to the Chilean embassy, but was asked to resign by the government of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo[1] In her career as a writer, she was the recipient of various awards including the National Literary Award in 1961.[2]