Elsa Osorio

Elsa Osorio ( born 1952 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine writer and author.

Life

Elsa Osorio studied at the university of their hometown literature on teaching. Her literary debut collection of short stories Ritos Privados, was honored in 1982 with the Premio Nacional de Literatura, the most important literary award in Argentina. For Reina Mugra it was in 1990 honored with the Premio Sociedad Argentina de Escritores. 1991, the Commission with Beatriz Guido: Mentir la verdad before a biographical novel about the Argentine writer Beatriz Guido. With Como tenerlo todo (1993), a humorous book, a parody of the self help books and Las Malas lenguas (1994 ) was followed by further publications. 1994 Osorio left Argentina and lived for many years in Madrid.

In 2000 he recorded with My name is Luz (A veinte años, Luz, 1998), her first book in German translation. Elsa Osorio describes it as an attempt of a young woman to gain certainty about their own origins, and thus takes up the issue of forced adoption in authoritarian regimes on. During the military dictatorship in Argentina were in custody of children born junta 's opponents, whose fate remained unknown in many cases, been systematically harvested and transferred to pro-regime officers' families. The publication of My name is Luz was in the late 1990s to inspire further research on the children of the "disappeared ", even beyond the borders of Argentina and beyond. The novel, which has been translated into more than fifteen languages ​​, Osorio made ​​known in Europe. My name is Luz was awarded the literature prize in 2001 by Amnesty International, which was awarded for the first time on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the human rights organization.

After Osorio had in writing the screenplay for La lección de tango busy in 1997 with the phenomenon of tango, she felt in the novel by Tango In The Sky ( Cielo de Tango, 2006) the history of the Argentinean dance. Based on the paths taken by two families of different social status they told on different temporal levels of their attachment to the tango, and at the same time the country's history since the late 19th century. 2010 appeared under the title blind alley with starting the German edition of the narrative tape Callejón con Salida.

Elsa Osorio is also active as a journalist, lecturer and screenwriter for film and television. In 1992 she was awarded the prize for best screenplay for the comedy Ya no hay hombres. Since 2006, Osorio is alive again mainly in Buenos Aires.

Works in German translation

  • My name is Luz. Novel. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-458-17031-6.
  • In heaven tango. Novel. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-458-17338-0.
  • Dead end with exit. Narratives. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-518-46191-4.
  • The Capitana. Novel. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-458-17517-9.
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