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Laura Restrepo

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born

January 01, 1950 in Bogota, Colombia

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female

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Literature & Fiction

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Laura Restrepo is a Columbian writer. Her first fiction novel, Isle of Passion, is based on historical facts from Clipperton Island.

She is an award winning author. In 1997, she won the "Premio Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz" prize at the Guadalajara Book Fair for her novel The Angel of Galilea. In 2002 she won the "Premio Arzobispo San Clemente" Award for her novel Leopard in the Sun. In 2004 she won the "VII Premio Alfaguara de Novella" Prize for Delirium. She also won the "Grinzane Cavour" Prize in Italy for best foreign fiction in 2006. In 2007 it was the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Her novel Dulce Compañía won the "Prix France Culture" in France.

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Average rating: 3.61 · 1,573 ratings · 227 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Delirio 3.68 avg rating — 713 ratings — published 2000 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Dark Bride 3.61 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1999 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Isle of Passion 3.79 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Dulce Compania: Novela 3.41 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1985 — 16 editions	My rating:
	El Leopardo al Sol: Novela 3.49 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	My rating:
	A Tale of the Dispossessed/La Multitud Errante: A Novel by Laura Restrepo, Dolores M. Koch (Translator) 3.47 avg rating — 66 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Demasiados Heroes/ Too Many Heroes 3.40 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	No Place For Heroes: A Novel 2.84 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Olor a Rosas Invisibles/ Invisible Roses Odor 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Historia de Un Entusiasmo 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	My rating:

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“I was the one with the open wound, and the river waters turned red when I bathed in them. My sadness is greater than the heavens.”
― Laura Restrepo, The Angel of Galilea

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“Guerra o indiferencia, no se sabe cuál de las dos es más fácil de lidiar.”
― Laura Restrepo, Delirio

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“Nunca se debe subestimar la fidelidad que cada quien le guarda a sus viejos dolores”
― Laura Restrepo

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