Margarita García Robayo

Margarita García Robayo nació en Cartagena, Colombia, en 1980. Desde 2005 vive en Buenos Aires, donde escribe la columna “La ciudad de la furia” en el diario Crítica de la Argentina. En la Revista C -del mismo diario- escribió la columna “Mi vida y yo” bajo el seudónimo de Carolina Balducci, y semanalmente escribe contratapas de opinión. Para la edición digital de Clarín, creó el blog Sudaquia: historias de América Latina* y colaboró en revistas de crónica como Soho, Don Juan, Travesías, Surcos, Gatopardo. En su ciudad fue columnista de cine de El Universal, profesora de análisis fílmico de la Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano y coordinadora de proyectos en la Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano. Fue elegida como uno de los 50 líderes de

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Daniel Hahn

British writer, editor and translator; author of a number of works of non-fiction, including biographies, history, and reading guides and for children and teenagers.

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Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay

When Panty was first published in Bengali, it created a furore—a reaction that is par for the course for Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay.

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সঙ্গীতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়-এর জন্ম ২৩ নভেম্বর ১৯৭৪, দুর্গাপুরে। ১৯৮৬ সাল থেকে কলকাতায় বসবাস। প্রথমে বাগবাজার মালটিপারপাস্‌ গার্লস স্কুল, পরে গোখেল কলেজে পড়েছেন। তেরো-চোদ্দো বছর বয়স থেকেই কবিতা লেখার শুরু। প্রথম কবিতা ছাপা হয় ‘দেশ’ পত্রিকায় ২০০১-এ। তারপর নিয়মিত দেশ সহ বিভিন্ন পত্র-পত্রিকায় লেখালেখি। প্রথম উপন্যাস শঙ্খিনী। ‘দেশ’-এ ধারাবাহিকভাবে প্রকাশিত। পেশা: সাংবাদিকতা। একটি টিভি চ্যানেলের স
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