- Laura Restrepo
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name = Laura Restrepo
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birthdate =1950
birthplace =Bogotá , COL
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occupation = Novelist
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genre = Fiction
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website =Laura Restrepo is a
Colombian writer. She was born inBogotá in1950 . She graduated from the University of the Andes with a degree inPhilosophy andLiterature and afterwards completed postgraduate work inPolitical science . In the 1960s Restrepo gave up her teaching post at theNational University to focus on left wing politics, and spent time inSpain andArgentina where she was part of the underground resistance.In 1983, she served as a member of the commission that neogiated for peace with the
guerrilla movement M-19. Her first book, "Historia de un entusiasmo" (1986 ), relates the inability of the government and rebels to come to terms. This led to her self-imposedexile to Spain andMexico until1989 when the M-19 agreed to disarm. She treats themes of exile in her first novel, "Isla de pasión," which is based on historical events atClipperton Island .Her third novel "Dulce compañía" (translated into English as "The Angel of Galilea") won the
Mexican Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize In2004 she was named the director of the Institute of Culture and Tourism in Bogotá, but resigned soon afterwards after receiving theAlfaguara Prize for her novel "Delirio."Works
*"Story of a Fascination" (1986)
*"Isle of Passion" (1989)
*"Las vacas comen espaguetis" (1989) (for children)
*"Leopard in the Sun" (1993)
*"The Angel of Galilea" (1995)
*"The Dark Bride" (1999)
*"A Tale of the Dispossessed" (2001)
*"Olor a rosas invisibles" (2002)
*"Delirio" (2004)As a co-author
*"Operación Príncipe" (1988)
*"En qué momento se jodió Medellín" (1991)
*"Del amor y del fuego" (1991)
*"Otros niños" (1993)External links
* [http://www.lateral-ed.es/revista/articulos/067_068lrestepo_mdes.html 2000 Interview in lateral] (in Spanish)
* [http://www.bombsite.com/restrepo/restrepo.html 2001 Interview] inBOMB Magazine
* [http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_restrepo.html 2002 Interview] onNOW with Bill Moyers
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