Martha Mercader

Martha Mercader ( born February 27, 1926 in La Plata, Argentina, † 17 February 2010) was an Argentine writer, journalist, playwright and filmmaker and politician. She was known primarily for her novel Juana Manuela, mucha mujer about the life of Juana Manuela Gorriti, an Argentine writer of the 19th century, of which up to now more than 100,000 units have been sold and experiencing the still new editions.

Life

Martha Mercader was at the Escuela Normal Nacional Mary O. Graham in La Plata for the teacher, trained ( completion 1944). Then she graduated to 1948, a study of English language and literature for teaching at secondary schools at the Facultad de Humanidades the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and earned 1949/1950 at the University of London, a diploma for teaching English as a foreign language. From 1948 to 1959 she taught English at various high schools. 1953 she completed training as an English translator at the Law Faculty of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata from entitled " Traductora Pública Nacional " ( judicially sworn translator ). Later she translated about 20 books from English and several from the French for various publishers. She also worked as a journalist for newspapers, magazines, radio and television. From 1963 to 1966 she held the position of a directorâ de Cultura de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. From 1984 to 1989 she was head of the school Colegio Mayor Argentino " Nuestra Señora de Luján " in Madrid, under the Argentine Ministry of Education. From 1993 to 1997 she was deputy in the Cámara de la Nación of Deputies for the party Unión Cívica Radical.

Awards and Scholarships

Work

Novels

• Los que Viven por sus manos, Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1973;
• Solamente ella, Editorial Plus Ultra, 1976; Reprint Editorial Bruguera, 1981;
• Juana Manuela, mucha mujer, Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 1980; 20 editions. In Spain, reissued by the publisher Planeta.
• Belisario en son de guerra, Barcelona, ​​Editorial Planeta, 1984;
• Donar la memoria, 2000.

Plays

• Una corona para Sanon 1967 Children Comedy, which premiered at the Teatro Municipal General San Martín in Buenos Aires.
• Amor de cualquier humor ( 1982), premiered at the Museo Enrique Larreta in Buenos Aires.

Tales and short stories

• Octubre en el espejo, Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1966
• De mil amores, Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1982
• La Chuna de los huevos de oro, Buenos Aires: Editorial Legasa, 1982.
• Decir que no, Buenos Aires: Editorial Bruguera, 1983
• El hambre de mi corazón, Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1989 and 1991.

Essays

• Cultura. Político Problema de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1965;
• Para ser una mujer, Editorial Planeta, 1992.

Children's Literature

• Conejitos con hijitos, Editorial Plus Ultra, 1976;
• La Fuga, Buenos Aires: Ediciones de la Flor, 1978;
• Un cuento de pilas y pilas de cuentos. Buenos Aires, Editorial Sudamericana, 1982.
• Cuentos de un dormilón, Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1983;
• Una abuela y veinte millones de ciento nieto, Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1984;
• De amistades y encuentros, Buenos Aires: Sigmar, 1997

Television screenplays

1969 - 1971: Co-author and scriptwriter for the show " Cosa Juzgada " in Canal 11

Screenplays

Screenwriter of " Solamente ella ", in collaboration with Lucas Demare.