Julieta Pinto

Julieta Pinto (born 1922 in San José, Costa Rica) is a female educator and writer.

Early life and schooling

Pinto was born in San José, but spent most of her youth on a farm in San Rafael de Guatuso, a time that demonstrated to her the harsh conditions of the working classes and those in lower economic levels. Her secondary schooling was at the Colegio Superior de Señoritas in San José. She then entered the Universidad de Costa Rica where she obtained a degree in philology.

After her graduation in Costa Rica, Pinto enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she studied the sociology of literature.^[1]

Career

Pinto founded and became the first director of the Escuela de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje (School of Literature and Language Studies) at the Universidad Nacional de Heredia.^[2] During that same time she served in several public-service areas (e.g. IMAS, PANI, ITCO, and Editorial Costa Rica), motivated solely by her desire to improve society.^[1]

Pinto has served as professor of Hispanic literature at the University of San Ramón.

Prizes and awards

• Premio Nacional Aquileo J. Echeverría (novela) — 1969
• Premio Nacional Aquileo J. Echeverría (cuento) — 1970 and 1994
• Premio Nacional de Cultura Magón — 1996

The written works of Pinto tend to be philosophical in nature. Her historical novel Tata Pinto concerns the life of her ancestor Antonio Pinto.

Bibliography

• Cuentos de la tierra (1963) — her first publication, a collection of short stories
• La estación que sigue al verano (1969) — Premio Aquileo J. Echeverría
• Los marginados (1970) — Premio Aquileo J. Echeverría
• David (1973) — a children's book
• A la vuelta de la esquina (1975)
• Si se oyera el silencio (1976)
• El sermón de lo cotidiano (1977)
• El eco de los pasos (1979)
• Abrir los ojos (1982)
• La lagartija de la panza color musgo (1986) — a children's book
• Entre el sol y la neblina (1986) — a novel for young readers
• Historia de Navidad (1988) — a children's book
• Tierra de espejismos (1991)
• El despertar de Lázaro (1994) — Premio Nacional de Cultura Magón (the fifth female to receive this prize)^[2]
• El lenguaje de la lluvia (1996) — Premio Aquileo J. Echeverría
• El niño que vivía en dos casas (1997)
• Tata Pinto (2005)
• The Blue Fish
• La Vieja Casona (The Old House)
• Detrás del Espejo (Behind the Mirror) (2000)^[2]
• Los Marginados
• Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion (contributor)

References