Carol Zardetto

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Carol Zardetto
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Zardetto at the Santiago International Book Fair (2015)
Born1959 (age 65–66)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Alma materDegree in law
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • Lawyer
  • Screenwriter
  • Diplomat
Notable work
  • With Absolute Passion
  • The Discourse of the Madman: Tales of the Tarot
  • The City of the Minotaurs
AwardsMario Monteforte Toledo Prize

Carol Zardetto (born 1959, Guatemala) [1] is a Guatemalan novelist, lawyer, scriptwriter and diplomat, and is part of the generation of Guatemalan writers who grew up under the shadow of Guatemalan Civil War. [2]

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Biography

She was born in Guatemala City, and has a degree in law. She was co-author of the theatre criticism column "Butaca de dos" (Seat for two; "Magazine XX", Siglo Veintiuno, 1994-1996). She published the novel "Con pasión absoluta" (With absolute passion) in 2007; it was awarded the Mario Monteforte Toledo prize in 2004. [3]

Zardetto has been a columnist for El Periódico since 2007. [4]

She was Guatemala's deputy minister of education in 1996, and from 1997 to 2000 she was consul general of Guatemala in Vancouver, Canada., [5]

Works

With absolute passion, novel, F & G Editores, Guatemala, 2005, ISBN   978-9929-700-41-3

The discourse of the madman: tales of the Tarot, illustrated edition, F & G, Guatemala, 2009. ISBN   978-99939-951-0-4

The city of the minotaurs, novel, Alfaguara, 2016. ISBN   978-607-31-4456-8

References

  1. ↑ "El Sol. Carol Zardetto" (in Spanish). ePaleCCS. 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  2. ↑ "Carol Zardetto - Words Without Borders". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  3. ↑ Arias, Arturo (2007-06-28). Taking their word: literature and the signs of Central America. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 23–. ISBN   978-0-8166-4849-8 . Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Carol Zardetto: "Creo que he pasado el examen que cuenta: la aprobación del público"" (in Spanish). Letralia, Tierra de Letras. 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  5. ↑ Francisco M. Martínez (8 December 2013). "Carol Zardetto, una escritora polifacética". Prensa Libre (in Spanish).


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