Giovanna Pollarolo is a writer and holds a doctorate in Spanish from the University of Ottawa. In terms of her writings, she has published the poetry collections Huerto de los olivos (1986), Entre mujeres solas (1991, 1995, 2000), La ceremonia del adiós (1997, 1998) and Entre mujeres solas. Poesía reunida (Alfaguara 2013). During the late 1980s and 90s she wrote film scripts including La boca del lobo and Caídos del cielo, with Augusto Cabada; and in the early 2000s Tinta roja and Ojos que no ven. As a fiction writer, publications include the short story collections Atado de nervios (Alfaguara 1999), No podemos explicar por qué lloramos (Planeta 2025), the novel Dos veces por semana (Alfaguara 2008, 2015), and the historical work Tacna en el tiempo de Chile (PUCP press 2024). Most recently, Entre mujeres solas & Casas (2026).
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