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Rita Indiana


Born
in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
June 11, 1977

Genre
Fiction


Rita Indiana (Santo Domingo, 1977) es escritora, compositora y Global Distinguished Professor en la maestría de escritura creativa en español de la New York University. Es autora de La mucama de Omicunlé (Periférica, 2015), finalista en la Bienal de Novela Mario Vargas Llosa de 2016 y Gran Premio de la Asociación de Escritores del Caribe, primera novela en español en obtenerlo. Tiene publicadas La estrategia de Chochueca (Isla Negra, 2003), Papi (Periférica, 2011), Nombres y animales (Periférica, 2013) y Hecho en Saturno (Periférica, 2018) y los discos El juidero y Mandinga Times, este último nominado a los Premios Grammy Latinos. Ha colaborado con El País, The Boston Globe, Granta y Vice, y sus novelas se han traducido a diez idiomas.

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Average rating: 3.61 · 5,373 ratings · 991 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors
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Papi
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Hecho en Saturno
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Nombres y animales
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Asmodeo
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La estrategia de Chochueca
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Los trajes
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“¿De dónde sacaste a este muñeco? dijo el alemán con un fuerte acento, y luego riendo: te va a ir muy bien en este país ser blanco es una profesión”
― Rita Indiana Hernández, La mucama de Omicunlé
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“Las mentiras, pensaba Acilde, son como unas habichuelas, hay que sazonarlas bien o no hay quien se las coma”
― Rita Indiana Hernández, La mucama de Omicunlé
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“Me siento optimista, le dice papi al cubano más viejo metiéndose una picadera en la boca y yo le pregunto a papi que qué significa optimista y él me dice, lamiéndose la salsa agridulce de un dedo, que optimista significa ser un hijo de puta.”
― Rita Indiana, Papi (Largo recorrido nº 26)
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