Carmen Berenguer
Nació en 1946 en Santiago de Chile. Era hija de un matrimonio de inmigrantes españoles que llegaron a Chile en un largo viaje en barco cruzando el Cabo de Hornos. Se casó muy joven y tuvo cuatro hijos. De los muchos cuentos que contaba a sus hijos y nietos, El rey mocho era uno de los favoritos. Murió en 1981 en Caracas, Venezuela, donde se fue a vivir con sus hijos luego del golpe militar de 1973.
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Dolores Reyes nació en 1978 en Buenos Aires, donde estudió literatura clásica. Es profesora, conocida por su activismo feminista y madre de siete hijos.
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Cometierra es su primera novela, que de inmediato se convirtió en un caso editorial y político en Argentina, para luego repuntar también en España. Está dedicado a la memoria de Melina Romero y Araceli Ramos, adolescentes víctimas de feminicidio, cuyos restos reposan en un cementerio cercano a la escuela de Pablo Podestá, en el área metropolitana de Buenos Aires donde trabaja la autora.
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Se recibió de Licenciada en Comunicación Social en la Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Se ha desempeñado profesionalmente como periodista y columnista en medios gráficos, como el suplemento Radar del diario Página/12 (donde es sub-editora) y las revistas TXT, La mano, La mujer de mi vida y El Guardián. También participó en radio, como columnista en el programa Gente de a pie, por Radio Nacional.
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