Sofía Balbuena on 'Personaje secundario': exploring women's uncertain worlds through secondary characters
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Rosa Ballarín
Summary
Sofía Balbuena, Argentine writer based in Colombia, discusses her award-winning short story collection 'Personaje secundario' (Secondary Character), which won the IX Premio Ribera del Duero. The book explores the uncertain world of women through secondary characters. Balbuena reflects on the literary landscape, noting that readers are predominantly women and future writers are also women, while addressing themes of female representation in literature and the publishing industry.
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· 3 pulledLos lectores son mujeres y los escritores futuros, también
Personaje secundario explora el incierto mundo de ellas
Una oportunidad para que los lectores escojan y para que los escritores sean escogidos
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