
It is argued that she captivates her audience and masterfully succeeds in merging universal experiences such as repression and war with the intimate and private lives of her protagonists. Since then Bodoc has published plays, texts for young readers, and novels for children and young adults.īodoc's novels are considered by many to be the best books ever written in Spanish in the genre of epic fantasy. This novel was awarded the Fundación El Libro Prize for Best Work of Young Adult Literature and First Prize for Narrative Fiction, (Children and Young Adults Fantasy Foundation). At age forty, she wrote her debut novel, Los días del venado (Days of the Stag), the first part of an epic fantasy trilogy that was published in 2000, selling 70,000 copies in Argentina alone. Later, Bodoc worked as an instructor in Spanish and Argentine literature at various schools affiliated with the same university. She studied Modern Literature at the College of Philosophy and Letters of the National University of Cuyo. Jonathan Strange & Mr.Liliana Bodoc was born in Santa Fe Province, Argentina, in 1958 and grew up in Mendoza Province.



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