Lucrecia Maldonado (Quito, May 24, 1962) has written novels, poetry, short stories, children’s literature, and nonfiction. Since 1991 Maldonado has been a language and literature professor at the American School of Quito. Her first novel “Salvo el calvario” (2005) won the prestigious Aurelio Espinosa Pólit Prize.
Lucrecia Maldonado interview on La caja de pandora
Lucrecia Maldonado interview on La Poderosa Media Project
Advice for writers by Lucrecia Maldonado
List of works
Novels
- Salvo el calvario (2005), winner of the Aurelio Espinosa Pólit National Prize for Literature.
- Un piano en la oscuridad (2016)
Short stories
- No es el amor quien muere (1994, 2004)
- Mi sombra te ha de hacer falta (1998)
- Todos los armarios (2002)
- Como el silencio (2004)
Poetry
- Ganas de hablar (2005), finalist in the poetry contest “Jorge Carrera Andrade”
- Libro de los afectos (2012)
- Misfits (2014), co-writtern with the Mexican poet José Ángel Leyva
Children’s and teenage literature
- Pactos solitarios (2006), juvenile novel
- 99 maneras de controlar el llanto (2007), juvenile novel
- Bip-bip (2008), short stories for teens, “J.C. Coba” International Children’s Literature Prize
- Mamá, ya salió el sol (2010), juvenile novel
- Las alas de la soledad (2012), juvenile novel, Darío Guevara Mayorga Prize.
- Cuando se apaga la luz (2014), children’s stories
- El ruido de la lluvia en la ventana (2015), juvenile story
Nonfiction
- Érase un niño que un día descubrió el aire de la calle (2006), a nonfiction book about the songs of Joan Manuel Serrat.
Full name
María Lucrecia Sofía Maldonado Rodríguez