Margarita Prieto Yegros, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Paraguayan writer
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Place of Birth: Asunción, Capital District, Paraguay
About Margarita Prieto Yegros
- Margarita Prieto Yegros (18 October 1936 – 10 October 2017) was a Paraguayan writer and journalist. She received a doctorate in History at the University of Asunción and a master's degree in Political Science in 1993.
- She was a member of the Society of Paraguayan Writers and of the PEN Club of Paraguay.
- A regular contributor to Tupasy Ñe'e, a women's magazine, she was a columnist in numerous newspapers in the capital and from 1986 she was part of a short story workshop which was directed by Professor Hugo RodrÃguez-Alcalá.In 1995 she published Verdad y fantasÃa (1995), and in 1998 she published a book of short stories, entitled En Tiempo de Chivatos.
- In 2001 she published Cuentos de la Guerra Grande.
- Other notable works include Consultorio sentimental (2006), Nuevos cuentos de la Guerra Grande (2006) and El Tratado de Tordesillas.
- She also authored ten ecological stories, urging protection of the Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest.
- In 2011 she was a recipient of the Honor al Mérito Juana MarÃa de Lara. In her later years she was a pedagogical coordinator at the Universidad del Norte.
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