Pía Barros Explained

Pía Barros
Birth Name:Pía Barros Bravo
Birth Date:20 January 1956
Birth Place:Melipilla, Chile
Occupation:Writer
Awards:Altazor Award (2011)

Pía Barros Bravo (born 20 January 1956) is a Chilean writer, best known for her short stories. She is associated with her country's literary Generation of '80.

Biography

Pía Barros left Melipilla, the city where she grew up, "without sorrow", together with "a good girl's destiny and the memory of the mare to which, from the age of seven, she told her poems."[1] She moved to Santiago to study pedagogy in Spanish.[2] There she also attended the workshop of Carlos Ruiz-Tagle (later, she herself would hold a famous workshop), who recommended that she stop "perpetrating poems on defenseless people" and devote herself to narrative.[1] In 1989 she was a visiting professor at the University of Oregon, United States.[2]

Pía Barros, who declares herself "a very honored feminist",[3] has stood out for her short stories, although she has also written some novels. In addition, she has published some 30 object books with literary material illustrated by prominent Chilean graphic artists, which have earned her the FONDART fellowship on two occasions. She also received a fellowship from the Andes Foundation, with which she wrote the first digitally distributed novel in Chile, Lo que ya nos encontró, and also a writer's fellowship from the .

Her stories have been published in more than 30 anthologies, from countries such as Chile, Germany, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the United States (some translated by Martha Manier, Diane Russell, Analisa Taylor, Amanda Powell, Jacquline Nanfito, Resha Cardone, and Jane Griffin), France, Italy, Russia, and Venezuela. In Chile, they share a publication with stories by writers such as Roberto Bolaño, Alberto Fuguet, Antonio Skarmeta, Diamela Eltit, and Isabel Allende.

Barros has directed the literary workshop Ergo Sum since 1986.[4] She is also the director of Ediciones Asterión.

She is married to the poet and journalist . They have been a couple since the early 1980s and have two daughters: Abril, a textile artist,[5] and Miranda, a writer.[6]

Works

Stories in anthologies

Awards and distinctions

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Pía Barros: 'Es indigno cómo se asigna el Premio Nacional de Literatura' . Pía Barros: 'It is Unworthy How the National Prize for Literature is Awarded' . Rebeca . Araya Basualto . . es . 2 August 2014 . 29 January 2018.
  2. Pía Barros: Fémina erótica en la literatura chilena . Pía Barros: Feminine Erotica in Chilean Literature . Ricardo . Gómez López . Rayentru . 9 . es . October 1995 . 29 January 2018.
  3. Pía Barros: 'Soy feminista a mucha honra' . Pía Barros: 'I am a Very Honored Feminist' . Alejandro . Lavquen . . 572 . es . 23 July 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140421082430/http://lavquen.tripod.com/entrevistaapiabarros.htm . 21 April 2014 . dead . 29 January 2018.
  4. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=cGb3fSlBGxgC&pg=PA579 . Escritoras chilenas . Chilean Women Writers . Pía Barros (1956) . Liliana . Trevizán . Patricia . Rubio de Lértora . Editorial Cuarto Propio . 9789562601627 . 579–590 . es . 1994 . 29 January 2018 . Google Books.
  5. Web site: Títulos Profesionales y Grados de Licenciado – Año 2013 . 2003 Professional and Bachelor's Degrees . https://web.archive.org/web/20180718014538/http://www.uchile.cl/portal/canal-egresados/titulados-y-graduados/2013/101004/titulos-profesionales-y-grados-de-licenciado . 2018-07-18 . 29 January 2018 . . es.
  6. Web site: Transgénero . Transgender . Encuentos . es . 21 April 2013 . 29 January 2018.
  7. Book: Cortínez, Verónica . Albricia: la novela chilena del fin de siglo . Albricia: The Chilean Novel of the End of the Century . Retazos de mujeres en El tono menor del deseo de Pía Barros . Scraps of Women in El tono menor del deseo by Pía Barros . Editorial Cuarto Propio . 9789562602075 . 127 . es . 2000 . 29 January 2018 . Google Books.
  8. Book: Asensio-Sierra, Isabel . Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia . María Claudia . André . Eva . Paulino Bueno . . 9781317726340 . 9 January 2014 . 29 January 2018 . Google Books.
  9. Web site: 'Héroes' y 'Alguien te mira' están entre los nominados a los Altazor . 'Héroes' and 'Alguien te mira' are Among the Altazor Nominees . . es . 17 January 2008 . 29 January 2018.
  10. News: Pia Barros presentó 'El Lugar del Otro' . Pia Barros presents 'El Lugar del Otro' . Henry . Carlos . El Observatodo . es . 14 February 2012 . 29 January 2018.
  11. News: 18 August 2015 . Angolana é destaque da 8ª Jornada de Escritoras . Angolana is the Highlight of the 8th Writers' Conference . https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141733/https://www.diariodaregiao.com.br/index.php?id=/cultura/materia.php&cd_matia=674998 . 2018-01-29 . 29 January 2018 . Diário da Região . pt.

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