Carol Zardetto
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- Novelist
- Lawyer
- Screenwriter
- Diplomat
- With Absolute Passion
- The Discourse of the Madman: Tales of the Tarot
- The City of the Minotaurs
Carol Zardetto | |
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 Zardetto at the Santiago International Book Fair (2015) | |
| Born | 1959 (age 65–66) Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Alma mater | Degree in law |
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| Awards | Mario Monteforte Toledo Prize |
Carol Zardetto (born 1959, Guatemala)[1] is a Guatemalan novelist, lawyer, scriptwriter and diplomat, and is part of the generation of Guatemalan writers who grew up under the shadow of Guatemalan Civil War.[2]
She was born in Guatemala City, and has a degree in law. She was co-author of the theatre criticism column "Butaca de dos" (Seat for two; "Magazine XX", Siglo Veintiuno, 1994-1996). She published the novel "Con pasión absoluta" (With absolute passion) in 2007; it was awarded the Mario Monteforte Toledo prize in 2004.[3]
Zardetto has been a columnist for El Periódico since 2007.[4]
She was Guatemala's deputy minister of education in 1996, and from 1997 to 2000 she was consul general of Guatemala in Vancouver, Canada.,[5]
