Carmen Ollé
Carmen Ollé (born 29 July 1947) is a Peruvian poet, narrator, and literary critic.
Also recorded as Carmen Rosa Ollé Nava
Carmen Ollé
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- Name
- Carmen Ollé
- Born
- 29 July 1947
- Occupation
- Poet, Narrator and Literary Critic
- Education
- National University of San Marcos
- Spouse
- Enrique Verástegui
- Nationality
- Peru
- Known for
- Las dos caras del deseo
- Languages
- Spanish
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Carmen Ollé apparaît dans les notices d'autorité de la Bibliothèque nationale de France et de la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek comme écrivaine et critique littéraire (naissance : 29 juillet 1947).
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La naissance de Carmen Ollé est enregistrée le 29 juillet 1947 à Lima.
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• Name — Carmen Ollé • Born — 29 July 1947 • Occupation — Poet, Narrator and Literary Critic • Education — National University of San Marcos • Spouse — Enrique Verástegui • Children — Vanessa Verástegui Ollé
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Works
As a writer, Carmen Ollé has ventured into both poetry and storytelling. Her first work, the collection of poems, Noches de adrenalina ("Nights of Adrenaline"), was published in 1981. Her next book Todo orgullo humea la noche ("All Pride Humea the Night" (1988) was a combination of poetry and prose. The novel, Las dos caras del deseo ("The two faces of desire"), published in 1994, deals with homosexuality and is considered representative of the Latin American LGBTQ literature. In 2007, she released her work, Retrato de mujer sin familia ante una copa ("Portrait of a woman without a family in the face of a cup" (2007), was a "fusion" in her own words, and includes a fictional interview with the novelist Patricia Highsmith.
Style and critical reception
Ollé and her texts often deal in themes related to humanity and intimate knowledge. She has also attracted her fair share of criticism. As per César Toro Montalvo (es), "[Ollé] has attracted the greatest attention from specialized criticism" and is unique "for her deep, vigorous voice that is unmistakable among Peruvian poets". Maynor Freyre (es) has praised her poems as one of the best female literary creations in Peru. Ricardo Vigil (es) compared her legacy to that of Silvia Plath. As per Tulio Mora (es), her well-constructed dialogues and descriptions pique the reader's mind. Javier Agreda (es) observed a more conscious writer of narrative techniques in Olle.
Awards
In 2015, Ollé won the Casa de la Literatura Peruana prize. In October 2018, she was honored at the 2018 Word Literature Festival. On 24 October 2019, Ollé participated in the exhibition La vida sin destemas organized by La Casa de la Literatura Peruana spanning collections from the years 1988–1999. In 2023, her memoirs published in Destino vagranda received mention as the Best non-fiction book in the Luces del Diario El Comercio Awards. On 12 September 2025, she was awarded the José Donoso Ibero-American Letters Prize, awarded by the University of Talca, an annual distinction that recognizes writers from Latin America, Spain and Portugal across various literary genres.
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- 1.Ver noticia en Casa de la Literatura Peruana
- 2.Carmen Ollé - Poemas de Carmen Ollé.
- 3.Carmen Ollé y Victoria Guerrero en inauguración de “La vida sin plazos.”.
- 4.Carmen Ollé, poeta peruana, gana el Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso 2025.
- 5.Escritora peruana Carmen Ollé gana el Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso.
- 6.La escritora peruana Carmen Ollé ganó el Premio José Donoso 2025.
- 7.El retrato de una escritora.
- 8.Toro Montalvo 2012, p. 2148.
- 9.Diez años después, reeditan peomario de escándalo.
- 10.Carmen Ollé: cuerpo de mujer.
- 11.La paradigmática creación literaria de Carmen Ollé.
- 12.Aportes femeninos a la literatura peruana.
- 13.Carmen Ollé: retrato de una joven impúdica.
- 14.Reseña: Las dos caras del deseo.
- 15.Carmen Ollé: los besos de la cintura para abajo.
- 16.Última novela de Carmen Ollé: Pista falsa.
- 17.Reseña: Pista falsa.
- 18.Sylvia Miranda Lévano: Poesía y novela: el París de Carmen Ollé (Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana 2008, vol. 37, p. 275-285).
- 19.Escritora peruana Carmen Ollé gana el Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso en Chile.
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