Gloria Guardia
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Gloria Guardia is a Panama
nian novelist, essayist and journalist. A Fellow of the Panamanian Academy of Letters and Associate Fellow of the Spanish Royal Academy, the Colombian and the Nicaraguan Academy of Letters.
and Spanish literature and Iberoamerica at Madrid's Instituto de Cultura Hispánica. In the United States
, she received a Bachelor of Arts
degree "cum laude" from Vassar College
in 1962 and Master of Arts
degree from Columbia University
in 1968.
National Prize for an essay or novel in 1966, the Central American Novel Prize in 1976, a prize from the magazine Lotería
in 1971 and 1984, and the National Story Prize from the city of Bogotá
, Colombia
, in 1996. In 2000, her novel Libertad en llamas was one of two finalists for the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Novel Prize in Mexico
. In 2007, the Rockefeller Foundation selected her to be one of their novelist-in residence at The Bellagio Center, where she wrote her lasted novel El jardín de las cenizas (Alfaguara, 2011) the third part of the trilogy Maramargo.
correspondent in Panama and the consultant for Canal (channel) 5 (FETV) in Panama. In 1990 she collaborated on the twenty -first edition of the Dictionary of the Spanish Royal Academy (DRAE) and the second edition of the Dictionary of Colombianismos for the Colombian Academy. She is the founder of the Panamanian chapter of the PEN-International
and served as one of the seven executive council members of PEN from 1997 to 2002. Until 2004, she was a member of the Board of Trustees of the PEN International foundation. She currently serves as the vice president of PEN International]], and president of the Iberian American PEN Foundation International.
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
nian novelist, essayist and journalist. A Fellow of the Panamanian Academy of Letters and Associate Fellow of the Spanish Royal Academy, the Colombian and the Nicaraguan Academy of Letters.
Education
Guardia studied philosophy and literature at the Complutense University in MadridMadrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and Spanish literature and Iberoamerica at Madrid's Instituto de Cultura Hispánica. In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, she received a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree "cum laude" from Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
in 1962 and Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
degree from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1968.
Literary contributions
Her literary work includes novels, essays, short stories and critical studies. She has been awarded several literary prizes for her works, including an award from the Society of Spanish and Iberoamerican Writers in 1961, the Ricardo MiróRicardo Miró
Ricardo Miró , is a Panamanian writer and is considered to be the most noteworthy poet of this country....
National Prize for an essay or novel in 1966, the Central American Novel Prize in 1976, a prize from the magazine Lotería
Loteria
Lotería is a Mexican game of chance, similar to Bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of plain numbers on ping pong balls. Every image has a name and an assigned number, but the number is usually ignored. Each player has at least one tabla, a board with a randomly created 4 x 4 grid of...
in 1971 and 1984, and the National Story Prize from the city of Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, in 1996. In 2000, her novel Libertad en llamas was one of two finalists for the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Novel Prize in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. In 2007, the Rockefeller Foundation selected her to be one of their novelist-in residence at The Bellagio Center, where she wrote her lasted novel El jardín de las cenizas (Alfaguara, 2011) the third part of the trilogy Maramargo.
International contributions
From 1975 to 1995, she worked as a syndicated columnist for several periodicals, including La Prensa, Panama America, and Cambio. She served as an ABC NewsABC News
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correspondent in Panama and the consultant for Canal (channel) 5 (FETV) in Panama. In 1990 she collaborated on the twenty -first edition of the Dictionary of the Spanish Royal Academy (DRAE) and the second edition of the Dictionary of Colombianismos for the Colombian Academy. She is the founder of the Panamanian chapter of the PEN-International
PEN-International
The Postsecondary Education Network International, known as PEN-International, is an international partnership of colleges and universities serving the higher education of students with hearing impairment....
and served as one of the seven executive council members of PEN from 1997 to 2002. Until 2004, she was a member of the Board of Trustees of the PEN International foundation. She currently serves as the vice president of PEN International]], and president of the Iberian American PEN Foundation International.