Melba Escobar
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Melba Escobar de Nogales (born 1976 Cali, Colombia) is a Colombian writer and journalist.
Life
She graduated from Universidad de los Andes.
She writes for El Espectador of Bogotá and El País of Cali.{{Cite web|url=http://literaturfestival.com/autoren-en/autoren-2018-en/melba-escobar-de-nogales|title=Melba Escobar de Nogales — internationales literaturfestival berlin|website=literaturfestival.com|accessdate=Aug 21, 2019}}
Works
- Bogotá Sueña. La Ciudad Por Los Niños, Editorial Codice, 2007
- Duermevela, Editorial Planeta, 2010
- Johnny y el mar, Tragaluz Editores, 2014
- La Casa de la Belleza, Emecé Editores. 2015
- House of Beauty translated by Elizabeth Bryer, Harper Collins,{{Cite web|url=https://latinamericanpost.com/24037-latam-booklook-house-of-beauty-by-melba-escobar|title=Latam BookLook: "House of Beauty" by Melba Escobar - LatinAmerican Post|first=Laura Viviana Guevara|last=Muñoz|website=latinamericanpost.com|accessdate=Aug 21, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/september-2017-colombia-house-of-beauty-melba-escobar-elizabeth-bryer|title=House of Beauty|first=Melba|last=Escobar|website=Words Without Borders|date=September 2017 |accessdate=Aug 21, 2019}}
- La Mujer que Hablaba Sola, Editorial Seix Barral. 2019
References
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External links
- [https://www.pontas-agency.com/melba-escobar/ Melba Escobar]
- [http://southwestreview.com/the-sordid-twists-of-beauty-an-interview-with-melba-escobar/ The Sordid Twists of Beauty]
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Category:Colombian women journalists
Category:21st-century Colombian women writers