Sonia Chocrón Explained

Sonia Chocrón
Birth Name:	Sonia Chocrón
Birth Date:	17 March 1961
Birth Place:	Caracas, Venezuela
Years Active:	1992–
Occupation:	Poet, writer, screenwriter, playwright
Children:	Ximena Abadi
Relatives:	Isaac Chocrón

Sonia Chocrón (born 17 March 1961 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan poet, novelist, screenwriter and playwright of Sephardic origin. She is related to the Venezuelan dramatist Isaac Chocrón.^[1]

Born in a Moroccan Jewish family,^[2] she completed her Social Communication degree at the Andrés Bello Catholic University.^[3] In 1982 she entered the Workshop of Poetry of the Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies. In 1988 she was selected to participate in the Workshop "The Argument of Fiction" taught by Gabriel García Márquez at the School of Cinema located in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. After that, she traveled to Mexico invited by the Nobel Prize Academy to found the Gabriel García Márquez Cinematographic Bureau. Her literary work, as well as her scripts for cinema and television, have awarded her prizes and accolades at a local and international level.

Published works

Her literary works have been published in diverse essays and anthologies in Europe, Latin America, and United States, among others.

• Carnet de Identidad (2023). LP5 Editora, Chile. Poetry
• Hermana pequeña. (2020). Editorial Ecelpsidra. Poetry
• Bruxa/Toledana. (2019). Editorial Kalathos, España.Poetry
• Muela/Molar. (2015). Tale. ^[4]
• Mary Poppins y otros poemas (2015) Lugar Común Editores. Poetry
• La Dama Oscura (2014) Ediciones B./ Sudaquia Editores, N.Y. Novel
• Sábanas Negras (2013). Ediciones B. Novel
• Las Mujeres de Houdini (2012). Bruguera. Novel^[5]
• Poesía Re-Unida (2010). Bid and Co Editores. Poetry
• La virgen del baño turco y otros cuentos falaces (2008). Ediciones B. Tale
• Falsas apariencias (2004). Editorial Alfaguara.Tale
• La buena hora (2002). Monteávila Editores. Poetry
• Púrpura (1998). Editorial la Liebre Libre. Poetry^[6]
• Toledana (1992). Monteávila Editores Poetry^{[7] [8]}
• Hermana pequeña (2020). Editorial Eclepsidra ^[9]
• Carnet de identidad (2023). LP5 Editora, Chile. Poetry.^[10]

Scripts for cinema and TV

• Original script for the feature film "Oro Diablo". 2000.
• Co-Writer for the documentary film "The Lost Key". 2014.^{[11] [12]}

Scripts for Theatre

• Ni un Pelo de Tontas. 2015^[13]
• La Reina y yo. 2015^[14]

Prizes received

• First finalist, Fundarte Prize of Poetry, 1991.
• First finalist, José Antonio Pérez Bonalde International Prize of Poetry, 1996.^[15]
• Mention of Honour for the collection of poems La Buena Hora, Literary Biennial José Rafael Pocaterra, 1996.
• Winner, Annual Tales Contest of the newspaper El Nacional for the tale La Señora Hyde, 2000.^[16]

References

1. http://elestimulo.com/climax/sonia-chocron-palabras-mayores/ Sonia Chocrón, palabras mayores
2. Jacqueline Goldberg: SONIA CHOCRON: a disposición del libro de la vida. El Universal, 2002
3. Web site: sololiteratura.com. 6 July 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120706073357/http://www.sololiteratura.com/soniachocronnota.htm. 6 July 2012.
4. Web site: Making Narrative Witness: A Caracas-Sarajevo Collaboration - Asymptote Blog. asymptotejournal.com. 6 July 2016.
5. Las mujeres de Houdini y la insistencia en la evasión. Laura. Febres. 1 January 2014. 179–189. 6 July 2016. Dialnet.
6. http://www.inspirulina.com/stand-poetry-imprescindible-sonia.html Stand Up Poetry: Imprescindible Sonia
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20110915100303/http://www.centroestudiossefardies.com/Revista%20Magu%C3%A9n-Escudo/Revista%20157/el-universo-sefardi-de-sonia-chocron El universo sefardí de Sonia Chocrón
8. http://www.el-nacional.com/papel_literario/Sonia-Chocron-irresponsable-teclado_0_280772024.html Sonia Chocrón: “Y yo, que soy un poco irresponsable en el teclado…”
9. http://actualy.es/sonia-chocron-resisto-como-una-palmera-a-que-pase-el-huracan/ Sonia Chocrón – Resisto como una palmera a que pase el huracán
10. Web site: 2023-05-02 . CONVERSACIÓN CON SONIA CHOCRÓN . 2023-06-21 . Revista de Literatura y Arte . es-CL.
11. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3302334/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers The Lost Key (2014) - Full Cast & Crew
12. Web site: The Lost Key. 7 September 2014. caracasdoc.com. 6 July 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914200937/http://caracasdoc.com/project/3009/. 14 September 2016.
13. https://web.archive.org/web/20150417033505/http://hoyquehay.net/index.php/29397/ni-un-pelo-de-tontas/ Ni un pelo de tontas
14. http://www.diariolavoz.net/2015/08/09/entre-el-malandro-y-la-reina/ Entre el malandro y la reina
15. http://esefarad.com/?p=18789 El universo sefardí de Chocrón
16. http://www.palabraserrantes.com/sonia-chocron-mrs-hyde/ Mrs Hyde. By Sonia Chocrón. Translated by Gemma Smith.