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Mónica Ojeda is an Ecuadorian writer considered one of the most relevant novelists of contemporary Latin American literature. She studied at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, where she obtained a degree in social communication with a major in literature. She has published novels with a spectacular critical reception and is currently one of the young Spanish-language authors with the greatest international projection.
RELEVANT INFORMATION
Mónica Ojeda is part of the prestigious Bogotá 39-2017 list, which includes the 39 most talented and promising Latin American writers under the age of 40 of the decade.
One of her novels was included as one of the ten representative works of the so-called “new boom of Latin American literature” by the newspaper El País. She has also been awarded the Prince Claus Next Generation Award and the ALBA Narrative Award, as well as being among the finalists for the Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Novel Award and the Ribera del Duero Short Narrative Award.
What the critics have said:
“Her captivating use of words to capture all types of violence that plague the world, especially those against women, has made her one of the 25 most promising writers under 35 years of age in Spanish literature according to the ‘Granta’ list.” El País
“It doesn’t matter whether Mónica Ojeda writes poetry, novels or short stories. The Ecuadorian author, who has been living in Madrid for a long time, breaks the seams of all the genres she touches.” ABC
