Daniela Alcívar Bellolio
Daniela Alcívar Bellolio | |
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| Born | March 3, 1982 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires Fundación Universidad del Cine |
| Genre | Novel, short story, essay |
| Notable works | Siberia |
| Notable awards | La Linares Short Novel Award Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize |
Daniela Alcívar Bellolio (pen name, Nela Martínez; born March 3, 1982)[1] is an Ecuadorian author, editor, and literary critic.[2]
Literary career[edit]
After finishing her studies, Alcívar Bellolio moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she started a second career at the Fundación Universidad del Cine. She later started studying for her master's degree in literature at the University of Buenos Aires, which she abandoned in favor of studying for her doctorate. During her college years, she published criticisms of books and films on her blog, titled El desprecio (literally "disdain" or "scorn").[3][4]
Her first two books were the short story collection Para esta mañana diáfana ("For this clear morning") and the book of essays Pararrayos ("Lightning rods"), both published in 2016 and written during her stay in Buenos Aires. She lived in Argentina for 13 years.[2] Upon returning to Ecuador, Alcívar Bellolio began to work as an editor for the independent newspaper Turbina.[5]
In April 2018, she received an honorable mention in the La Linares Short Novel Award for her novel Siberia, sent to the contest under the pseudonym "Nela Martínez." The story focuses on an Ecuadorian migrant who must live with the grief provoked by abandoning her home country and the death of her child. In his decision, the judge said that:[6]
Siberia shows a strong narrative voice; displays a language marked by precise and visual images, together with a profound ability to cause emotion that does not drift into sentimental shrillness.
The book won the Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize in the novel category.[7]
In 2019, the Spanish company Candaya published a new edition of Siberia,[8] in which Alcívar Bellolio included an additional section titled "One year later."[9]
Works[edit]
- Para esta mañana diáfana (2016), short stories
- Pararrayos (2016), essays
- Siberia (2018), novel
- Lo que fue el futuro (2022), novel
References[edit]
- ^ Cuentogotas III: selección de cuento breve contemporáneo (in Spanish). Bianchi Editores. 2002. p. 26. ISBN 9974-663-43-1. OCLC 53196157. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "La literatura como experimento de confesión". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). May 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ Rivera, Fausto (December 28, 2015). "Daniela Alcívar Bellolio y la literatura movida por el deseo". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 20, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ Ponce, Gabriela (July 18, 2016). "Pararrayos: Una escritura que espera por la llegada de la palabra". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 23, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ "Quito es la ciudad de los afectos de cuatro artistas". El Comercio (in Spanish). December 6, 2017. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Daniela Alcívar y Carlos Vásconez reciben menciones en La Linares". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). April 5, 2018. Archived from the original on November 20, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ Flores, Gabriel (November 16, 2018). "La literatura escrita por mujeres triunfó en los Premios Municipales 2018". El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ Carrión, Jorge (April 28, 2019). "Las escritoras ecuatorianas hacen historia". The New York Times (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 29, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ Toranzos, Mariella (December 23, 2019). "Cuatro escritoras ecuatorianas a las que hay que leer". Expreso (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
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