Hebe Uhart
Hebe Uhart was an Argentine writer. In 2017, she received the Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award.
Career
Of her childhood and relationship with books, Hebe Uhart relates:She studied Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires. Later she worked as a teacher, both at primary and secondary level, and university at the UBA and the National University of Lomas de Zamora.
She lived in Buenos Aires, where she gave literary workshops. She was a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines, such as El País in Montevideo.
Her stories were adapted into the play Querida mamá o guiando la hiedra, directed by Laura Yusem.
In 2010 she published a compilation of her short stories and novels from 1962 to 2004 in the volume Relatos reunidos.
Works
Uhart's works have been collected in numerous anthologies.Awards and distinctions
- 2004 – Konex Award Merit Diploma, in the category "Cuento: quinquenio 1999–2003"
- 2011 – Book Foundation Award for Best Argentine Book of Literary Creation, for Relatos reunidos
- 2014 – Konex Award Merit Diploma, in the category "Cuento: quinquenio 2004–2008"
- 2015 – Fondo Nacional de las Artes Prize
- 2017 – Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Award