Zardetto at the Santiago International Book Fair 2015

Carol Zardetto 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.[1]

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.[2]

She was Guatemala's deputy minister of education in 1996, and from 1997 to 2000 she was consul general of Guatemala in Vancouver, Canada.,[3]

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. ↑ "Carol Zardetto - Words Without Borders". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Francisco M. Martínez (8 December 2013). "Carol Zardetto, una escritora polifacética". Prensa Libre (in Spanish).
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