Claudia Amengual
Claudia Amengual Puceiro (born 7 January 1969, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan writer and translator. She is a recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
Claudia Amengual

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- Name
- Claudia Amengual
- Birth Name
- Claudia Amengual Puceiro
- Born
- 7 January 1969
- Birthplace
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Occupation
- writer, translator
- Full name
- Claudia Amengual Puceiro.
- Nationality
- Uruguay.
- Education
- University of the Republic.
- Honours
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize and Legión del Libro Prize.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Claudia Amengual Puceiro (born 7 January 1969, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan writer and translator. She is a recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
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• Name — Claudia Amengual • Birth Name — Claudia Amengual Puceiro • Born — 7 January 1969 • Birthplace — Montevideo, Uruguay • Occupation — writer, translator • Language — Spanish
Biography
Biography
She obtained her degrees in translation and literature at the University of the Republic. In 2003 she obtained a fellowship to study at the Complutense University of Madrid and Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander, Spain. Member of Bogotá39.
Work
Work
• Juliana y los libros, 2020 (novel) • El lugar inalcanzable, 2018 (novel) • Viajar y escribir: nueve destinos que inspiran, 2017 (essay) • Una mirada al periodismo cultural: Jaime Clara y "Sábado Sarandí", 2016 (essay) • Cartagena, 2015 (novel) • Rara avis. Vida y obra de Susana Soca, 2012 (essay) • Falsas ventanas, 2011 (novel) • Más que una sombra, 2007 (novel) • Desde las cenizas, 2005 (novel) • El vendedor de escobas, 2002 (novel) • La rosa de Jericó, 2000 (novel)
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Prizes
• Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (2006) for Desde las cenizas. • Mention in Dramaturgy, Premios Onetti (2018) for Camaleón, camaleón.

La escritora uruguaya Claudia Amengual en la Feria Internacional del Libro de Santiago 2017.
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