Guadalupe Santa Cruz (September 29, 1952 – January 25, 2015), also known as Lupe Santa Cruz, was an American writer, philosopher, visual artist and translator. She is considered one of the most energetic and varied protagonists of a generation of writers that emerged after the period of the 1973 Coup d'État in Chile. Author of numerous books, including Plasma, with which she received two important prizes in Chile: the Premio Novela Inédita Consejo Nacional del Libro y la Lectura and the Premio atenea. Also, in 2004, Plasma received the prize of the Book Council as a novel in the unpublished category. In addition, at the international level, she received the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship in 1998.
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29 September 1952 Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
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Died |
25 January 2015 (aged 62) Santiago, Chile
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Zodiac | Libra |
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