María Fernanda Ampuero

María Fernanda Ampuero
Born (1976-04-14) 14 April 1976 (age 48)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
EducationUniversidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
Occupation(s)Writer and journalist
HonoursJoaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize (2018)

María Fernanda Ampuero (Guayaquil, 14 April 1976) is an Ecuadorian feminist writer and journalist.[1][2]

Biography

Ampuero studied college at Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, where she shared classes with writers such as Solange Rodríguez, Luis Carlos Mussó, among others.[3] In December 2004 she traveled to Spain with the intention of chronicling the lives of Ecuadorian migrants, but decided to stay in Spain herself. For the next decade she wrote numerous articles about migrants' lives and their economic hardships that were published in magazines around Latin America and Europe. Some of these articles were later compiled in her first two non-fiction books: Lo que aprendí en la peluquería (2011) and Permiso de residencia (2013).[4]

In 2012 she was named one of the 100 most influential Latin-Americans in Spain. She also won an award for the best chronicle by the Organización Internacional de las Migraciones.[4]

Pelea de gallos, her first short-story collection, was published in 2018 and quickly became a critic sensation. It was named one of the best 10 books of 2018 by the Spanish edition of The New York Times and won the Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize.[5][6] The book, composed of 13 stories, explores topics such as violence, sexism and social inequality in Latin America through the eyes of women.[7] It was translated as Cockfight by Frances Riddle and published by The Feminist Press in 2020.[8]

Works

María Fernanda Ampuero has published the following books:[2]

  • Lo que aprendí en la peluquería (2011), non-fiction
  • Permiso de residencia (2013), non-fiction
  • Pelea de gallos (2018), short-story collection. Translated as Cockfight (2020) by Frances Riddle.
  • Sacrificios humanos (2021), short-story collection.

References

  1. ^ "'Pelea de gallos' resume las obsesiones de María Fernanda Ampuero". www.ecuadortv.ec (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b Flores, Gabriel (5 August 2019). "María Fernanda Ampuero: 'El país necesita una Ley del Libro'". www.elcomercio.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ^ Medina, Clara. "Los cuentos de Solange – La Revista". www.larevista.ec (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b Gómez Muñoz, Xavier (22 June 2015). "María Fernanda Ampuero, la narrativa acuñada entre la migración y la crisis". www.eltelegrafo.com.ec (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. ^ "'Pelea de gallos' de la ecuatoriana María Fernanda Ampuero figura en la lista de los mejores libros de ficción de The New York Times". www.eluniverso.com (in Spanish). 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. ^ Flores, Gabriel (16 November 2018). "La literatura escrita por mujeres triunfó en los Premios Municipales 2018". www.elcomercio.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  7. ^ "María Fernanda Ampuero presenta libro de cuentos en Quito". www.lahora.com.ec (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  8. ^ Reents, Stephanie. "Cockfight – Kirkus Reviews". www.kirkusreviews.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.