Sonia Manzano Vela

Sonia Manzano Vela (born Guayaquil, 27 February 1947)[1][2] is an Ecuadorian writer and pianist.[3]

Sonia Manzano Vela
BornFebruary 27, 1947 (1947-02-27) (age 73)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
OccupationWriter, poet, pianist
LanguageSpanish
NationalityEcuadorian
GenrePoetry, novel, short story
Notable awardsJoaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize (1999)

Literary career

She started her literary career when some of her poems appeared in the anthology Generación Huracanada (1970), which was also the name of a literary group of which Manzano was part. Her first poetry book was El nudo y el trino, printed in 1972. She then published Casi siempre las tardes (1974), La gota en el cráneo (1976), La semana que no tiene jueves (1978), El ave que todo lo atropella (1980), Caja musical con bailarina incluida (1984), Carcoma con forma de paloma (1986) and Full de reinas (1991), which achieved commercial success.[4]

Other poetry books published by Manzano include Patente de corza (1997), Último regreso a Edén (2007) and Espalda mordida por el humo (2014).[5][6]

Manzano also became a proficient short fiction writer, having obtained the 1989 Ecuadorian Feminist Short-Story Contest. Her book Flujo escarlata won the 1999 Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize in the category Best Short-Story Collection.[7] Her second short fiction book, Trata de viejas (2015), contains 10 stories filled with black humor that dig into nostalgia, loneliness and other problems of old age.[8][9]

Her first novel, Y no abras la ventana todavía, won the first prize in the "Bienal de Novela Ecuatoriana" contest in 1993. She subsequently published the novels Que se quede el infinito sin estrellas (2001) and Eses fatales (2005), which Manzano described as "a genocentric discourse in which esses and feces converge as the characteristics of the most profound loneliness" and that explore topics such as literary creations, solitude and lesbian love.[7]

Her latest novel, Solo de vino a piano lento, was published in 2013 and was named by literary critic Antonio Sacoto as the best novel written by an Ecuadorian woman so far in the 21st century.[10]

Published works

Poetry
  • El nudo y el trino (1972)
  • Casi siempre las tardes (1974)
  • La gota en el cráneo (1976)
  • La semana que no tiene jueves (1978)
  • El ave que todo lo atropella (1980)
  • Caja musical con bailarina incluida (1984)
  • Carcoma con forma de paloma (1986)
  • Full de reinas (1991)
  • Patente de corza (1997)
  • Último regreso a Edén (2007)
  • Espalda mordida por el humo (2014)

Novels
  • Y no abras la ventana todavía (1993)
  • Que se quede el infinito sin estrellas (2001)
  • Eses fatales (2005)
  • Solo de vino a piano lento (2013)

Short-story collections
  • Flujo escarlata (1999)
  • Trata de viejas (2015)

References
  1. Manzano, Sonia (1997). Patente de Corza: poesía (in Spanish). Quito, Ecuador: Libresa. ISBN 9978804250.
  2. "Sonia Manzano: La creación debe ser anterior a la reflexión crítica". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. "Los Manzano: un legado de arpegios". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. Martinho, Ana María (2000). Narradoras Ecucatorianas de Hoy: Una Antologia Critica (in Spanish). Puerto Rico: Editorial, UPR. p. 242. ISBN 0847700879.
  5. Official website of the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana. Flujo escarlata. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. "Historias de mujeres en el cuentario de Sonia Manzano". El Universo (in Spanish). 23 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  7. Medina, Clara (8 September 2005). "Manzano devela claves de su obra". El Universo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  8. García, Alexander (8 September 2005). "Manzano aborda universos existenciales de la vejez en el libro 'Trata de viejas'". El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  9. "Sonia Manzano halla el humor en lo macabro". Expreso (in Spanish). 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  10. Sacoto, Antonio (18 May 2015). "Solo de vino a piano lento". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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