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Azucena Galettini | |
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Born | 1981 Buenos Aires |
Occupation | Writer, translator |
Nationality | Argentiniean |
Education | Latin-American Literature Translation Studies |
Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
Genre | short story, novel |
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Azucena Galettini (born 1981) is an Argentinean writer and translator. She has been awarded a mention of honor by Fondo Nacional de las Artes in 2006 and was editor-in-chief of La Balandra (otra narrativa) literary magazine from 2011 to 2015.
She holds a BA in Latin-American Literature by Universidad de Buenos Aires and a BA in Translation (English-Spanish) by Instituto en Educación Superior en Lenguas Vivas “J. R. Fernández”.
Her short stories book Lo único importante en el mundo was awarded a mention of honor by Fondo Nacional de las Artes in 2006. In 2011 it was shortlisted from 500 books for the Premio Internacional de Cuento para Libro Édito “Juan José Manauta”. In 2012 it was incorporated to the portal by Fundación del Libro “Books from Argentina”, created for fostering the translation of Argentinean writers.
Her novel La primera de las tres virtudes was shortlisted from 300 manuscripts for the Premio Internacional de Novela “Letra Sur” in 2012. [1] From 2011 to 2015 she was editor in chief of literary magazine La Balandra (otra narrativa). [2]
She is part of Santos Paganos (Pub. Alto Pogo), Panorama Interzona. Narrativas emergentes de la Argentina (Pub. Interzona) and Ante el fin del mundo (Pub. UnLa).