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Palestinian-Chilean writer and professor (born 1970) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lina Meruane Boza (born 1970) is a Chilean writer and professor.[1] Her work, written in Spanish, has been translated into English, Italian, Portuguese, German, and French. In 2011 she won the Anna Seghers-Preis for the quality of her work, and in 2012 the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for her novel Sangre en el ojo.[2]
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| Born | Lina Meruane Boza 1970 (age 53–54) Santiago, Chile |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, professor |
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| Family | Ricardo Meruane (uncle) Nelly Meruane (great-aunt) |
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Born in Santiago, Chile, Lina Meruane is of Palestinian and Italian descent. She is the niece of actress Nelly Meruane and comedian Ricardo Meruane. She started writing as a storyteller and cultural journalist. In 1997 she received a writing grant from the National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts (FONDART) to finish her first book of stories.[1] The following year she published Las infantas, a book that received a very positive critique from Chilean reviewers, as well as writer Roberto Bolaño:
There is a generation of (Chilean) writers who promise to devour it all. At the head, clearly, two stand out. These are Lina Meruane and Alejandra Costamagna, followed by Nona Fernández and five or six other young women armed with all the implements of good literature.
— Roberto Bolaño, February 1999[3]
Meruane published two novels before leaving for New York to do her doctorate studies in Spanish-American literature at New York University.[1] In the United States she received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation in 2004 (for the novel Fruta Podrida),[4] and another in 2010 from the National Endowment for the Arts (for Sangre en el ojo). In 2011 she received the Anna Seghers-Preis, and the following year she won the 20th Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Award for Sangre en el ojo, during the Guadalajara International Book Fair, with a jury made up of the writers Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Antonio Ortuño, and Cristina Rivera Garza.[2]
She currently teaches Latin American literature and cultures at New York University.[2] She was the founder and director of the independent label Brutas Editoras, which published books from Santiago and Manhattan.[1]
Two Lines (California), Bomb (New York), The Literary Review (New York), Brick (Canada), N+1 (New York), Words without Borders (New York), Drunken Boat (US), The White Review (UK), Litro Magazine (UK), Brown Book (Arab Emirates), Asymptote (US), among others in several languages.
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