Rosa María Britton

Rosa María Britton

Rosa María Britton is a Panamanian novelist^[1] born on July 28, 1936 in Panama City.

Background and education

Her father was Cuban and her mother was Panamanian. She attended school in Panama City and her secondary studies in Havana, Cuba. She studied Medicine at the University of Madrid in Spain and continued her studies in gynecology and oncology at the Brooklyn Jewish Medical Center in the United States.

She has lived in Panama since 1973.

Works

Novels

• El ataúd de uso, 1983
• El señor de las lluvias y el viento, 1984
• No pertenezco a este siglo, 1991
• Laberintos de orgullo, 2002
• Suspiros de fantasmas, 2005

Tales

• ¿Quién inventó el mambo? , 1985, Panama.
• La muerte tiene dos caras, 1987, Costa Rica.
• Semana de la mujer y otras calamidades, 1995, Spain.
• La nariz invisible y otros misterios, 2001, Spain.
• Historia de Mujeres Crueles, Editorial Alfaguara, 2011, Spain. ISBN 978-9962-8968-1-4

Theater

• Esa Esquina del Paraiso, 1986
• Banquete de despedida/Miss Panamá Inc., 1987

References

1. "MIAMI BOOK FAIR BECOMES UNITED NATIONS FOR READERS". Miami Herald. November 19, 1988. Retrieved 6 April 2011.

External links

• (Spanish) Website