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Laura Restrepo


Born
in Bogotá, Colombia
January 01, 1950

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Laura Restrepo is a Colombian 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. ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 26,445 ratings · 3,191 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors
Delirio
3.97 avg rating — 12,347 ratings — published 2004 — 62 editions
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Los divinos
3.82 avg rating — 2,805 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions
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Isle of Passion
4.05 avg rating — 1,696 ratings — published 1989 — 34 editions
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The Dark Bride
3.83 avg rating — 1,581 ratings — published 1999 — 48 editions
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Dulce compañía
3.61 avg rating — 1,506 ratings — published 1985 — 46 editions
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3.55 avg rating — 1,396 ratings — published 2012 — 22 editions
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La multitud errante
3.83 avg rating — 962 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions
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El leopardo al sol
3.84 avg rating — 938 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions
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Pecado
3.69 avg rating — 931 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions
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Demasiados héroes
3.64 avg rating — 717 ratings — published 2009 — 20 editions
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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
tags: sadness
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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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“Toda gran historia es como un gran pastel, cada quién da cuenta de la tajada que se come y él único que da cuenta de todo es el pastelero.”
― Laura Restrepo, Delirio
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