Griselda Gambaro is an Argentine

Argentine people

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 writer

Writer

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, whose novels, plays, short stories, story tales, essays and novels for teenagers often concern the political violence in her home country that would develop into the Dirty War

Dirty War

The Dirty War was a period of state-sponsored violence in Argentina from 1976 until 1983. Victims of the violence included several thousand left-wing activists, including trade unionists, students, journalists, Marxists, Peronist guerrillas and alleged sympathizers, either proved or suspected...

. One recurring theme is the desaparecidos

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 and the attempts to recover their bodies and memorialize them. Her novel, Ganarse la muerte, was banned by the government because of the obvious political messsage. Gambaro is Argentina's most celebrated playwright, and she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1982, as well as many other prizes.

Selected works

• "Madrigal en ciudad". Tales. Ed. Goyanarte, Buenos Aires, 1963.
• "El Desatino". Tales. Emecé Editores, Buenos Aires, 1965.
• "Una felicidad con menos pena". Novel. Ed. Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1967.
• "El Campo". Play, 1967.
• "Nada que ver con otra historia". Novel. Ediciones Noé, Buenos Aires, 1972; 2ª ed, Torres Agüero Editor, Buenos Aires, 1987.
• "La cola mágica". Story tales. Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires, 1976.
• "Conversaciones con chicos. Sobre la sociedad, los padres, los afectos, la cultura". Timerman Editores, 1976; Ediciones Siglo XX, 1983.
• "Ganarse la muerte". Novel. Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires, 1976.
• "Dios no nos quiere contentos". Novel. Ed. Lumen, Barcelona, 1979.
• "Lo impenetrable". Novela. Torres Agüero Editor, Buenos Aires, 1984 and 1988.
• "Teatro 1". Including the plays "Real envido", "La malasangre" ("Bad blood") y "Del sol naciente" ("Rising Sun"). Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires, 1997 (3ª edición).
• "Teatro 2". Plays: "Dar la vuelta", "Información para extranjeros" ("Information for foreigners"), "Puesta en claro" y "Sucede lo que pasa". Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires, 1995 (2ª edición).
• "Teatro 3". "Viaje de invierno", "Nosferatu", "Cuatro ejercicios para actrices", "Acuerdo para cambiar de casa","Sólo un aspecto", "La gracia", "El miedo", "El nombre", "El viaje a Bahía Blanca", "El despojamiento", "Decir sí" and "Antígona furiosa". Griselda Gambaro, Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires, 1997 (3ra. edición).
• "Teatro 4". "Las paredes" ("The walls", "El desatino", "Los siameses" ("Siamese twins), "El campo" ("The camp") y "Nada que ver". Griselda Gambaro, Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires, 1990 (2ª edición).
• "Teatro 5". "Efectos personales", "Desafiar al destino", "Morgan" and "Penas sin importancia". Griselda Gambaro, Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires, 1991.
• The Impenetrable Madam X. Play. Translated by Evelyn Picon Garfield. by Griselda Gambaro (1991)
• Information for Foreigners by Griselda Gambaro and Marguerite Feitlowitz. Contains 3 plays: The Walls, Information for Foreigners, and, Antigona Furiosa. Edited, Translated and with an Introduction by Marguerite Feitlowitz. With an afterwortd by Diana Taylor (Mar 1, 1992)
• "Teatro 6". "Atando cabos", "La casa sin sosiego", "Es necesario entender un poco". Griselda Gambaro, Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires, 1996.
• "Después del día de fiesta". Novel. Editorial Seix Barral, Buenos Aires, 1994.
• "Saying Yes". Play. Sebastian Doggart
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  , Nick Hern Books, 1996.
• "Lo mejor que se tiene". Stories. Grupo Editorial Norma, 1997.
• "Escritos inocentes". Essays. Grupo Editorial Norma, Buenos Aires, 1999.
• "El mar que nos trajo". Novel. Griselda Gambaro, Editorial Norma, Buenos Aires, 2002.
• "Teatro (cinco piezas)". Grupo Editorial Norma, Buenos Aires, 2002.
• "Promesas y desvaríos". Novel. Grupo Editorial Norma, Buenos Aires, 2004.
• "Teatro 7". Plays: "No hay normales", "En la columna", "Pisar el palito", "Para llevarle a Rosita", "Cinco ejercicios para un actor", "Almas" ("Souls"). Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires, 2004.
• "A nadar con María Inés". Novel. Griselda Gambaro, Editorial Alfaguara (For kids and teenagers), Buenos Aires, 2005.
• "Siamese Twins" by Griselda Gambaro and Gwen MacKeith (Sep 1, 2011)