Gilda Holst

Gilda Holst Molestina was an Ecuadorian writer and academic. Her narrative made use of humor and irony, in addition to the treatment of themes related to gender inequality.

Biography

Gilda Holst was born in Guayaquil on June 3, 1952. She completed her secondary studies at the American College, and higher education at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, where she obtained a licentiate in literature in 1984.
She began her literary career in the 1980s. In 1985, she entered the literary workshops of writer Miguel Donoso Pareja. Her first book of short stories, Más sin nombre que nunca, was published in 1989, and included the short story "Reunión", the plot of which follows a woman who is rejected by her husband and friends because of her body odor. This received great critical interest for her exploration of the feminine perspective in masculine environments.
She also dedicated herself to teaching, working for several years as a professor of literature at the Universidad Católica, where she eventually directed the School of Letters.
Regarding her writing, the Venezuelan writer observes:
Her Complete Works were published by Editorial Cadáver Exquisito in 2021.
Holst died on October 22, 2024, at the age of 72.

Works

Novels

''Dar con ella''

Featured in anthologies

El lugar de las palabras El muro y la intemperie, El libro de los abuelos Así en la tierra como en los sueños ¡A que sí!, Cuento contigo Veintiún cuentistas ecuatorianos Antología de narradoras ecuatorianas, Cuento latinoamericano del siglo XXI, Dos veces buenos # 2. Más cuentos breves latinoamericanos Cruel Fictions, Cruel Realities: Short Stories by Latin American Women Writers, 40 cuentos ecuatorianos Antología básica del cuento ecuatoriano Cuento ecuatoriano de finales del siglo XX, Cuento ecuatoriano contemporáneo

''Gilda Holst: Obra Completa''