Marta Lynch


Marta Lynch was the pseudonym of Marta Lía Frigerio, an Argentine writer. She wrote seven novels and nine collections of short prose.

Life

Born in Buenos Aires, she studied philology at the University of Buenos Aires. She married a lawyer, Juan [Manuel Lunch|Juan Manuel Lynch], with whom she had two children. She belonged to a group of female Argentine writers in the 1950s and 1960s. They wrote various best-sellers and were both popular and controversial during that time. Alberto Girri described Lynch as a writer "little less than unique among us, for her impetus and narrative dexterity and incorporating to our literature characters like Mrs. Ordóñez or Colorado Villanueva, perhaps archetypes of our means."
She graduated with a degree in literature at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of Buenos Aires. She gave lectures in Europe and throughout the Americas and collaborated with La Nación. She was proclaimed one of the ten best South American storytellers.

Political activity

In November 1972, Lynch travelled in the charter that brought back Juan Perón. Her political stances changed throughout her lifetime.

Death

She was terrified of the effects of aging both on the body and in the mind. In 1985, after a long battle with depression, she died by suicide in Buenos Aires.
She is survived by her children the anthropologist Manuel Ramiro, the philosopher Enrique and Marta Juana Lynch. And her grandchildren, including Deborah Francisca and Maria Josefina Lynch; Maria and Juan Manuel Lynch; Maria Carelli and Juan and Catalina Poitevin, respectively.

Works

  • La alfombra roja Novela
  • Al vencedor Novela
  • Los cuentos tristes Cuentos
  • La señora Ordóñez Novela
  • Cuentos de colores – Premio Municipal – Cuentos
  • El cruce del río Novela
  • Un árbol lleno de manzanas Novela
  • Los dedos de la mano Cuentos
  • La penúltima versión de la Colorada Villanueva Novela
  • Los años de fuego Cuentos
  • Informe bajo llave Novela
  • No te duermas, no me dejes Cuentos

Works translated into English

  • La alfombra roja, 1962
  • Al vencedor, 1965
  • La señora Ordonez, 1967
  • El cruce del río, 1972
  • Un arbol lleno de manzanas, 1974
  • La penúltima Versión de la Colorado Villanueva, 1978
  • Informe bajo llave, 1983