María Teresa Andruetto

Argentina, 1954

Winner of the  Hans Christian Andersen Award 2012.

The construction of social and individual identity, the sequels of the dictatorship in her country and the female universe are some of the main lines of her work. Her books are read both by young and adult readers, breaking the generational barriers.

She has been working for the last 30 years in children literature, where she took part on the training of school teachers; she has also founded centers of study and specialized magazines, has directed collections and taken part in reading plans. She is guest teacher in many graduate and posgraduate courses and invited author in congresses, seminars, fairs and meetings, in her country and abroad. Her books are subject of study in Argentinian, American and European Universities.

Her writing won her the awards of Luis Tejada (1993), Fondo Nacional de las Artes (National Fund for the Arts) 2002, and in 2001 she was finalist of the Award Romulo Gallegos with her novel Lengua Madre. She was included in the Honour Lists of the IBBY, has been awarded the Iberoamerican SM Prize and is candidate for the International Hans Christian Andersen Prize 2012.

Her work has been used as a base for short movies, musical and poetical shows, theatre adaptations and other events.

www.teresaandruetto.com.ar

Works

Adults

Lengua madre (Mother Tongue) novel, 2010
La Mujer en Cuestión (The Woman in Question) novel, 2003
Todo movimiento es cacería, (Any Movement is a Hunting Game) short stories, 2002

Children’s literature

The girl, the heart and the house, short novel, 2011
La durmiente
Story, 2010
El incendio (The Fire)
Story, 2008.
Agua Cero (Zero Water)
Poems for children, 2007
Trenes.
Una historia de amor para niños (Trains) Stories, 2008
El árbol de Lilas (The Lilac Tree),Story, 2006
Solgo. Story, 2004
Veladuras (Glazes), Novel for young readers, 2004
El país de Juan (Juan’s Country)
Novel, 2003
La mujer vampiro (The Vampire Woman)
Stories, 2001
Stefano,
short novel,1997
Huellas en la arena (Tracks in the San)
Stories, 1997
El anillo encantado ( The Enchanted Ring), Stories,1993

Poems

Beatriz, 2005
Kodak, 2001
Pavese y otros poemas (Pavese and Other Poems), 1998
Palabras al rescoldo (Words amongst embers), 1993