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Carolina Sanín
BornApril 28, 1973 (1973-04-28) (age 51)
Bogotá
OccupationWriter, professor
NationalityColombian, Spanish
EducationUniversity of Los Andes
Alma materYale University
Notable worksTu cruz en el cielo desierto, Somos luces abismales, Los niños.
Website
www.carolinasanin.com

Carolina Sanín Paz (born April 28, 1973) is a Colombian writer who also holds Spanish citizenship. She has published novels, essays, short stories, and children's books. She has been a professor at SUNY Purchase in the United States, and at University of Los Andes and National University of Colombia in Colombia. She has also worked as a translator,[1] as a television host,[2] and as a film actress.[3] She has contributed periodical columns to several Colombian and international newspapers and magazines.[4][5][6][7][8]

Early life and education

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Sanín was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She grew up in Bogotá, Medellín and Cartagena de Indias. She studied philosophy and literature at the University of Los Andes in Bogotá, and in 2003 she received a PhD in Spanish and Portuguese Literature from Yale University, where she worked with María Rosa Menocal and wrote a dissertation on collections of medieval framed stories.[9]

Career

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She lived in Barcelona for seven years, and there she worked as a translator and as a reader for several publishing houses. From 2005 to 2010, she was a professor at SUNY Purchase, and from 2010 to 2016, at the University of Los Andes. She has also taught courses at the National University of Colombia and the Technological University of Pereira. She currently teaches creative writing workshops and independent literature courses in association with the Librería Lerner in Bogotá.[10]

Since 2005, she has published three novels,[11][12][13] a collection of short stories,[14] two humor books,[15][16] two children's books,[17][18] two essays,[19][20] a hybrid genre book,[21] a critical anthology,[22] and a collection of her columns.[23]

In 2019, she starred in Franco Lolli's film Litigante, which opened the Critics' Week at Cannes.[24] Since 2020, she hosts Dominio Público, a talk show aired on Canal Capital.[25]

Reception and influence

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Sanín's literary work has been praised by writers and critics in the Spanish-speaking world.[26][27][28] Sanín's novel The Children has been translated to English[29] and Italian,[30] and two of her most recent books, Somos luces abismales and Tu cruz en el cielo desierto, are soon to be published in English in the United Kingdom by Charco Press. Her children's book La gata sola was included in the White Ravens catalog of 2018.[31]

Her books, her public lectures, her work in newspapers, magazines, and television, as well as her activity in social media, have made her an influential figure in the Colombian public debate. In 2018, she became a vocal supporter of leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro,[32] who lost in the elections to rightist Iván Duque. She has written widely read and discussed op-ed pieces on Colombian politicians such as Antanas Mockus,[33] Álvaro Uribe,[34] and Claudia López.[35]

Controversies

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Sanín has been in the spotlight of several controversies. In 2016, after criticizing the University of Los Andes for its response to her treatment on social media and other institutional policies,[36] she was fired.[37] A judge ordered that Sanín be reinstated in her position, arguing that her fundamental rights had been violated, but the university appealed, and a second ruling favored Los Andes,[38] to the dismay of some.[39][40]  

In 2017, she published a column on Vice[41] about trans identities and the "sex-based" nature of the oppression of women, in which, according to critics from feminist and trans movements, she subscribed to trans-exclusionary radical feminist views. Her column was subsequently criticized in several publications as “transphobic.”[42][43][44] More recently, in 2021, Sanín was accused on Twitter of encouraging people to use illegal drugs after she interviewed a drug liberalization activist in the talk show that she hosts for Canal Capital.[45][46]

Works

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Novels

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  • 2005: Todo en otra parte.
  • 2014: Los niños.
  • 2020: Tu cruz en el cielo desierto.

Short fiction

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  • 2010: Ponqué y otros cuentos.

Essays

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  • 2009: Alfonso X.
  • 2019: El ojo de la casa.

Poetry

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  • 2021: Nueve noches para la Navidad

Hybrid genre

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  • 2018: Somos luces abismales

Humor

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  • 2013: Yosoyu.
  • 2017: Alto rendimiento.

Anthologies

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  • 2015: Pasajes de Fernando González.
  • 2020: Pasar fijándose.

Children's books

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  • 2010: Dalia.
  • 2018: La gata sola.

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 Litigante Silvia Paz
2021 Mesa Capital: Dominio Público Herself (Hostess)

References

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  1. ^ "La joya del mundo: musulmanes, judíos y cristianos, y la cultura de la tolerancia en "al-Andalus". María Rosa Menocal. Prólogo de Harold Bloom. Traducción de Carolina Sanín". centrodeestudiosandaluces.es. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26.
  2. ^ "Dominio público - Mesa capital". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-02-17.
  3. ^ "Cine colombiano: Litigante". proimagenescolombia.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-24.
  4. ^ "El Espectador-Opinión". elespectador.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28.
  5. ^ "Semana opinión". semana.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30.
  6. ^ "Carolina Sanín-VICE". vice.com/es. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23.
  7. ^ "Otro afuera". Revista de la Universidad de México.
  8. ^ "Enterrar al enemigo". Revista Dossier.
  9. ^ Sanín Paz, Carolina (2002). On 13th century Spanish narrative: the collections of framed stories. OCLC 54620804. Archived from the original on 2021-01-08.
  10. ^ "Courses-Librería Lerner". www.librerialerner.com.co. Archived from the original on 2020-04-11.
  11. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2005). Todo en otra parte. E-Books Patagonia. ISBN 9568992170.
  12. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2014). Los niños. Laguna Libros. ISBN 9789588812687.
  13. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2020). Tu cruz en el cielo desierto. Laguna Libros. ISBN 978-958-5474-56-7.
  14. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2013). Ponqué y otros cuentos. Laguna Libros. ISBN 978-958-8812-62-5.
  15. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2013). Yosoyu. Destiempo libros. ISBN 9789585788534.
  16. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2017). Alto rendimiento. Editorial Matera. ISBN 978-958-48-0181-4.
  17. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2010). Dalia. Editorial Norma. ISBN 9789584529039.
  18. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2018). La gata sola. Loqueleo. ISBN 9789585403192.
  19. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2009). Alfonso X. Desventurado rey sabio. Panamericana. ISBN 9789583029318.
  20. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2019). El ojo de la casa. Rey Naranjo. ISBN 978-958-8969-96-1.
  21. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2018). Somos luces abismales. Literatura Random House. ISBN 978-958-5458-50-5.
  22. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2015). Pasajes de Fernando González. Editorial Lumen. ISBN 978-958-8639-69-7.
  23. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2020). Pasar fijándose. Literatura Random House. ISBN 978-958-5581-38-8.
  24. ^ "Litigante-La Semaine de la Critique". www.semainedelacritique.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-23.
  25. ^ "Capital estrena Mesa Capital, la nueva franja de opinión". www.conexioncapital.co. February 12, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-12.
  26. ^ Paz Soldán, Edmundo (January 20, 2019). "La diferencia Sanín". La Tercera.
  27. ^ Boix, Verónica (May 15, 2021). "Reseña: Tu cruz en el cielo desierto, de Carolina Sanín". La Nación.
  28. ^ Halfon, Mercedes (August 2, 2020). "Los ensayos narrativos de Carolina Sanín". Página/12.
  29. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2017). The Children. MacLehose Press. ISBN 9780857055859.
  30. ^ Sanín, Carolina (2020). Gli occhi delle balene. Mendel Edizioni. ISBN 9791280047014.
  31. ^ "La gata sola, incluida en el catálogo White Ravens". www.loqueleo.com. October 4, 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04.
  32. ^ Vallejo, Andrés (September 6, 2018). "'Votaré por Gustavo Petro y hay muchísimas razones para hacerlo': Carolina Sanín". LAUD Estéreo.
  33. ^ Sanín, Carolina (April 24, 2010). "¿Del zurriago a la palmeta?". El Espectador.
  34. ^ Sanín, Carolina (June 27, 2019). "Leer al déspota". Revista Arcadia.
  35. ^ Sanín, Carolina (October 22, 2019). "La candidata y el patriarca". Revista Arcadia.
  36. ^ "El proceso disciplinario que provocó el despido de Carolina Sanín". wradio.com. December 16, 2016.
  37. ^ "Despiden a Carolina Sanín de la Universidad de los Andes". semana.com. December 15, 2016.
  38. ^ Obregón Rolón, Brillith (March 9, 2017). "Revocan fallo que ordenaba el reintegro de Carolina Sanín a la Uniandes". El Heraldo.
  39. ^ Orozco Tascón, Cecilia (March 11, 2017). "'No me arrepiento de nada y tampoco estoy tranquila': Carolina Sanín". El Espectador.
  40. ^ "Profesores y académicos firman una carta en apoyo a Sanín". Revista Arcadia. January 1, 2017.
  41. ^ Sanín, Carolina (June 30, 2017). "El mundo sin mujeres". VICE.
  42. ^ Ruiz-Navarro, Catalina (July 12, 2017). "Palabras peligrosas". El Espectador.
  43. ^ González Gil, Matilde; Parra, Andrea; Dupuis, Nikki (July 12, 2017). "Tres feministas le responden a Carolina Sanín". VICE.
  44. ^ Olaya, Andrea (July 11, 2017). "Carolina Sanín y la transfobia". La oreja roja.
  45. ^ "A Carolina Sanín la droga le parece sexy y le atraen las personas que se drogan". La FM. March 17, 2021.
  46. ^ "Carolina Sanín explica qué quiso decir con la frase 'la droga es sexy'". YouTube. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-10.
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