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Chiquita Barreto

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Chiquita Barreto Burgos
Born
Amelia Chiquita Barreto Burgos

1947
OccupationWriter

Amelia "Chiquita" Barreto Burgos (born 1947) is a Paraguayan writer. She is currently a professor at the Universidad del Norte in Paraguay and often works with the Union of Women for Mutual Help in Coronel Oviedo[1] and student theatre productions.[2]

Biography

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Chiquita Barreto Burgos was born in 1947 in the Paraguayan town of Caaguazú. She graduated from the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Catholic University of Paraguay.[3]

On 11 December 2015, she received the Roque Gaona Literary Prize and six million Guaraní for her novel Los nombres que habito from the Society of Writers of Paraguay and Gaona family.[4][5] On 5 April 2017, Barreto presented the new book ¿Dónde van los gatos cuando llueve?[6] and again on 17 July with the novel Tiempo y Destiempo.[7]

Citations

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  1. ^ Balderston & Gonzalez 2004, p. 54.
  2. ^ "Obras teatrales dirigidas por egresados del IMA". La Nación (in Spanish). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. ^ "AMELIA (CHIQUITA) BARRETO BURGOS". portalguarani.com (in Spanish). Portal Guarani. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Chiquita Barreto ganó el Premio Literario "Roque Gaona" 2015". La Nación (in Spanish). 11 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Chiquita Barreto gana Premio Roque Gaona". Ultima Hora (in Spanish). 11 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Presentan nuevos libros". La Nación (in Spanish). 5 April 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Chiquita Barreto, con nuevo libro". La Nación (in Spanish). 17 July 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

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