Perla Suez

Perla Suez studied at National University of Córdoba. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, prose and essay. Distinctions recorded are Rómulo Gallegos Prize, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship.

• Name — Perla Suez • Born — 28 November 1947 • Birthplace — Córdoba, Argentina • Occupation — Author • Language — Spanish • Genre — Fiction, children's, essays • Notable Works — El país del diablo • Website — perlasuez.com.ar • Awards — * Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize • Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize • Guggenheim Fellowship

Suez was born in Córdoba, and grew up in Basavilbaso. She received a BA in Modern Literature at the National University of Córdoba, also studying psycho-pedagogy and cinematography. Between 1977 and 1978 she conducted research at the University of Paris-VII before working at the International Centre for Pedagogical Studies at Sèvres. Suez co-founded the Centro de Difusión e Investigación de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil (Center for Broadcast and Investigation of Children and Juvenile Literature) and was Director of the centre between 1984–1994. Suez has also co-directed Piedra Libre magazine, a publication promoting reading and literature in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Selected publications by Suez include: • El Arresto (2001, Norma) • El país del diablo (2015, Edhasa) • Letargo (2000, Norma) • Humo Rojo (2012, Edhasa) • La Pasajera (2008, Norma) • La Trilogía de Entre Ríos (2006, Norma), trilogy of Letargo, El Arresto, and Complot • Complot (2004, Norma) • Tumba Tumba Tetumba (2001, Alción Editora) La Trilogía de Entre Ríos was published in English as The Entre Ríos Trilogy (2006, The University of New Mexico Press) and translated by Rhonda Dahl Buchanan. It has also been translated into Italian (in 2009 as Il fiumi della memoria), German and French. Letargo was translated into English by Rhonda Dahl Buchanan and Italian by Luigi Cojazzi.