Carmen Naranjo

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Carmen Naranjo Cato (born January 30, 1928), is a Costa Rican author.

She was born in Cartago, the capital city of the Cartago Province. She received her primary education there at the Escuela República de Perú and her secondary at the Colegio Superior de Señoritas. She received her licenciatura in Philology from the University of Costa Rica and pursued post-graduate studies at the Universidad Autónoma de México and the University of Iowa.

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Cancion de la ternura, 1962
Misa a oscuras, 1964
Hacia tu isla, 1966
Los perros no ladraron, 1966
Memorias de un hombre palabra, 1968
Diario de una multitud, 1974
Cinco temas en busca de un pensador, 1977
El caso 117.720, 1987
En partes, 1994
Más allá del Parismina, 2001
En esta tierra redonda y plana, 2001
Marina Jiménez de Bolandi: recordándola, 2002
El Truco Florido,

Translations of her short stories into English include:

Rosario Santos (ed.), And We Sold the Rain: Contemporary Fiction from Central America (title story in the collection), Seven Stories Press, (2nd edition 1996), ISBN 1888363037
Barbara Ras (ed.), Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion, Whereabouts Press (1993), ISBN 1883513006