Claudia Pineiro
Claudia Piñeiro is an Argentine public accountant, journalist, playwright and writer. Through the years —and thanks to her particular pen— her name has become one of the most popular, not only in her homeland, but throughout Latin America. Piñeiro is best known for her skill in writing crime fiction. Her most famous work in this genre is Elena knows.
Despite not having had a greater impact at the time of its release, this novel was praised some time later by fellow writer Kathleen Rooney, who appreciated it as a "treasure" in a review she wrote for the New York Times. For its part, Claudia Piñeiro has continued to surprise critics, both with her previous works and with her new titles.
Biography
Claudia Pineiro born in 1960, in Burzaco, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. Despite having started a career far from letters, this author would not take long to find her true passion. However, His professional history began at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires..
Piñeiro I would have liked to enroll in the subject of Sociology. However, the last civil-military dictatorship established in the country decided to close allegedly dangerous careers.
After graduating, Piñeiro practiced as a public accountant for ten years. Meanwhile, he became increasingly interested in telling stories that, in some way, were more suited to the career he had originally chosen. Even so, the first novel he published had a more youthful edge. This is titled a thief among us, and was launched on the market in 2004.
Claudia Piñeiro and her influence on literature, theater and cinema
The writer I was also interested in theater, therefore, the same year, brought his first play to the stage: How much is a refrigerator (2004) However, it was not until the following year that Claudia Piñeiro would begin to receive real recognition for her work. In 2005 she hit the shelves Thursday's widows, a novel that won the Clarín Award, as well as a film adaptation that was made five years later.
It is not only about Claudia Piñeiro paving the way for Latin writers, but also for other creators who were interested in taking their lyrics and transporting them to other settings and latitudes. In 2011, the shelves received Betibu, which was brought to the big screen in 2014. Later, in 2015, the film was shot and released Tuya, inspired by a novel by Piñeiro published in 2005.
Why is Claudia Piñeiro one of the most important writers in Argentina?
Claudia Piñeiro's story as a writer began as that of someone who finds a life preserver in the middle of the sea. Before dedicating herself to letters, Claudia flew to inspect air compressor screws for the company in which she worked. I was frustrated and down. During your trip, he came across a small poster encouraging the reader to enter a literary contest.
Claudia thought she should get home and ask for a vacation to sit down and write. If she didn't, she supposed she would break. The novel he created was titled The secret of blondes, and was among the ten finalists. Although it was never published, this gave him the strength to dedicate himself to what really made his heart flutter. Consequently, she has been the creator of worlds, scenes and dialogues that, to date, are an inspiration for other women.
But serving as a reference to other writers is not the only thing that makes Claudia Piñeiro special. In addition to being a woman who writes, she is a woman who writes Novelty, and, more than that, because his thrillers are loaded with strong social criticism, in addition to the reflection typical of the analysis of modern civilization and current struggles. Claudia is contemporary, but her work is, in many ways, provocative and convulsive.
Brief analysis of the style and theme of the work of Claudia Piñeiro
Throughout her career as an author, Claudia Piñeiro has recounted the lives of many different characters, but above all women who are friends, mothers, workers... Ladies who are scared, who have had to face extremely difficult situations, but who get ahead, or fall, or resurface. Her work is fundamentally feminist, since she always carries women as a flag and everything that being one of them in society implies.
The writer he opts for suspense. He tends to root his novels in the psychological thriller, a genre that he uses as a mere excuse to make his characters flourish in grotesque settings. In this sense, crime becomes just one more element, giving way to the inner forum of the narrators: their fears, desires, capacities, complexes, inner strength and past.
Works by Claudia Pineiro
Novels
- Tuya (2005);
- Thursday's widows (2005);
- Elena knows (2006);
- The cracks of Jara (2009);
- Betibu (2011);
- A communist in underpants (2013);
- A little luck (2015);
- Curses (2017);
- Cathedrals (2020);
- The time of the flies (2022)
Children's literature
- Seraph, the writer and the witch (2000);
- a thief among us (2004);
- The ghost of the English invasions (2010)
Tales
- Who does not (2018);
- Lady Tropic (2019)
Theater
- How much is a refrigerator (2004);
- the same green tree (2006);
- Verona (2007);
- die fat (2008);
- three old feathers (2009)
The time of the flies: a feminist thriller
Perhaps, to the credit of Claudia Piñeiro there is no book that more reflects his style and themes than The time of the flies, published by Alfaguara in 2023. In it, the author poses an interesting sociological question to say the least: what would happen if a woman who has lived the last fifteen years locked up reappeared in today's society, with all the changes and political correctness What is the world facing? That is precisely what happens in this novel.
Inés, a character who was the protagonist of Tuya, is an ex-convict who has just served her sentence for murdering her ex-husband's lover. When he leaves prison, he realizes that he no longer understands his surroundings. The way people express themselves is different, as are many of the laws, which have been reworked to give women more space. The only thing that Inés is looking for is a quiet life. To do this, she contacts La Manca.
The latter is a woman whom Inés met in prison. The two associate to create a business: Inés works as a pest exterminator, and La Manca works as a private investigator. One day, Mrs. Bonar appears before them, a lady who offers them a lot of money to investigate a dangerous and illegal matter. Is the large amount that Bonar offers valuable enough to get Inés and La Manca to jeopardize their freedom?