(Tacna) She studied Literature in the Literature Faculty of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP); she has a Master's in Latin American Literature from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and a PhD in Spanish from the University of Ottawa. Her professional activity involves writing, cinema, research and teaching. Screenwriter of La boca del lobo (1988) and Caídos del cielo (1990, together with Augusto Cabada), Pantaleón y las visitadoras (1999, with Enrique Moncloa), Tinta roja (2000) and Ojos que no ven (2003), among others. She has written the play Donde mis ojos te vean and adapted the novel The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe. She is the author of the poetry books Huerto de los olivos (1986), Entre mujeres solas (1991), La ceremonia del adiós (1997) and Entre mujeres solas. Poesía reunida (2013). As a fiction writer, she has published the book of short stories Atado de nervios (1999) and the novels Dos veces por semana (2008) and Toda la culpa la tiene Mario (2016). In the area of academic research, she has published several articles in specialized journals and the book De aventurero a letrado. El discurso de Pedro Dávalos y Lissón (2015). Currently, she works as a full-time educator at PUCP. In 2022 she published Matusalén, a book of short stories.
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