Ana Gloria Moya
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Ana Gloria Moya is an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 novelist who has achieved national and international recognition.

Her novel Cielo de tambores (Heaven of Drums) won the international Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize] is a prize awarded to women writers in Spanish. It is organized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The prize is worth 100,000 pesos...

 in 2002. It is a historical novel based on the life of Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

 with two characters from the margins of society.

Born in Tucuman, Moya works as a lawyer in the northwestern province of Salta
Salta Province
Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy...

.

Books

  • Sangre tan caliente - y otras pasiones (1997)
  • La desmemoria (1999) Salta: Ediciones del Robledal, ISBN 9879364112
  • Cielo de tambores (2002) - tr. Nick Hill, Sky of Drums, Curbstone Press (paperback 2006), ISBN 1931896259

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