Lalo Barrubia
María del Rosario González, known as Lalo Barrubia, is a Uruguayan writer, performer, and translator based in Malmö, Sweden.
Career
Lalo Barrubia has published eight books of poetry, several novels, and short story collections. Her texts appear in the anthologies Zur-dos: última poesía latinoamericana and Porque el país no alcanza: poesía emigrante de la América Latina, among others. In 2014 she was awarded the National Literature Prize of Uruguay in the Narrative category for the book Ratas.In 2011 she published her first book of poems in bilingual edition in Sweden, Borracha en las ciudades, with translation by Juana Adcock. In 2015 she worked on the project 100 KAVD that brings together poetry and performance. She is the editor of the translated poetry series La Piedra Imán and teaches poetry and prose workshops.
She has also worked as a cultural producer and project manager for several public and private institutions, including Kulturförvaltningen i Malmö.
In 2020 her short story "L'angelito" was published in translation in Italian literary magazine L'ircocervo.
Works
Suzuki 400 Tabaco Arena Pegame que me gusta Borracha en las ciudades Ratas- ''Los misterios dolorosos''
Performances
La puta madre, 1991El Rap de la Pocha, 1999-2000Latino for ever 2007–2008Parásitos 2008-2011Fronteras/Borderline 2013–2014100 KAVD, 2015Awards
- Award of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay – 3rd Prize in the Narrative category
- Annual Literature Awards – 1st Prize in the Narrative category