Rosa María Britton

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Rosa María Britton is a Panamanian novelist born July 28, 1936 in Panama City to a Cuban father and a Panamanian mother. She attended school in Panama City and her secondary studies in Havana, Cuba. She earned a Doctorates in Medicine from the University of Madrid and continued her studies in gynecology and oncology in the United States. She has lived in Panama since 1973. Her time as a writer began in 1978 and in 1995 when she became President of the International Pen Club of Panama

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[edit] Works

[edit] Novels

  • El ataúd de uso 1983
  • El señor de las lluvias y el viento 1984
  • No pertenezco a este siglo 1991
  • Laberintos de orgullo 2002
  • Suspiros de fantasmas 2005

[edit] Theater

[edit] Stories

  • ¿Quién inventó el mambo? 1985
  • La muerte tiene dos caras 1987
  • Semana de la mujer y otras calamidades 1995
  • Todas íbamos a ser reinas 1995

[edit] Prizes

  • Prize Caesar, Writer of the year, in Los Angeles, California, in 1985
  • the First prize (Section Story) in the Literary Aid Fulbright, San José, Costa Rica, 1985
  • Woman of the Year, “Gold medal Raquel Of Leon”, by the Federation of Women of Businesses of Panama, 1987
  • Member of the Panamanian Academy of Surgery, 1993
  • Floral games Mexico, America Center, the Caribbean and Panama, Section theater, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, in 1994;
  • Intellectual Woman 1993,
  • Circle of Intellectual Women of Panama, 1996
  • Commendable daughter of the Capital City - Delivery of the Keys of the City, 1996.
  • Ricardo Miró in several occasions has gained the Literary Aid, like novels, Stories, and plays.

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