Susana Silvestre

Susana Sivestre was an Argentine writer. She wrote the stories "El Espectáculo del mundo", which was awarded the Roberto Arlt Prize by the Municipality of Comodoro Rivadavia in 1982.

Works

Her book “Los humos de Clitemnestra” was awarded a mention by the Argentine National Fund of the Arts in 1994.
In the Biennium 1990-1991 she received the Municipal Prize.
She was screenwriter for the film “La vida según Muriel” in 1997 together with Eduardo Milewicz; and of “ Río escondido” in 1999 with Mercedes García Guevara and Paul Allen.
She wrote the theater play "Donde no crecen las rosas" whiche premiered in 1989 at the Centro Cultural San Martin, Buenos Aires.
She won the 2007 Casa de las Américas novel award with her novel "A thousand and One" ”.
"A thousand and One" was chosen among the 115 works presented to the Casa de las Américas contest, and received the prize "for its fluid, clean, graceful prose, Its intelligent, complex and playful structure; and because it constitutes a challenge to the tendencies shown today by the great publishing consortiums. "”.
Her work has been analyzed by Karina Elizabeth Vazquez and has been referenced in the international Women Screenwriters’ guide.
She died on March 2, 2008, due to a terminal illness, in the city of Buenos Aires.