Authors
Alejandra Costamagna Novelist Chile
“I write because I like to do it. I write as a way of seeing the world. I write, perhaps, to see what I can’t see in the real world with my shortsighted eyes. What kind of writing I want to do? I’m not really sure. But I really appreciate that kind of writing that I perceive as something authentic.”
Born in 1970, novelist and journalist Alejandra is an active figure in the Chilean literary scene, having facilitated much-acclaimed creative writing workshops at the University of Chile, Catholic University of Chile and Diego Portales University as well as many other private cultural centers. She has published three novels, and two books of short stories, Bad Nights (Malas noches)(2000) and Last Fires (Últimos fuegos)(2005). Her first novel, A Low Voice (En voz baja)(1996), won the Gabriela Mistral Literary Games Award. Her second novel was Citizen in Retirement (Ciudadano en retiro)(1998), and her third novel, Already Tired of the Sun (Cansado ya del sol)(2002), was a finalist in the Planeta Argentina Award in 2000. Citizen in Retirement and Bad Nights were published in Italy through Besa Editrice. Many of her short stories have been adapted for theater productions and published in local and foreign anthologies, including Líneas aéreas (Spain, 1999) and Se habla español (USA, 2000). In 2003 she participated in the international writing program sponsored by the University of Iowa, USA. Alejandra Costamagna currently writes interviews and essays in various magazines and journals, and she works as a director of literary workshops. Her novels treat matters of political violence, exile, death, silence and memory in a simple prose.
Participation Program
Round Table 3 Newness in my literature
Round Table 2 Newness in my literature
Round Table 1 Newness in my literature