Luisa Peluffo (born August 20, 1941) is an
Argentine writer and journalist.
Peluffo was born in
Buenos Aires. In 1977, she took up residence in
San Carlos de Bariloche in the province of
Río Negro, Argentina.[1][2] Her residence in
Patagonia is reflected in her writing, particularly in Me voy a vivir al sur, one of her most popular books. There she shares the experience to move from her urban life in Buenos Aires to the extreme south of her country. In 1988, she was awarded the scholarship Creation in Narrative by the
Fondo Nacional de las Artes (National Endowment for the Arts). In 2001, her book Un color inexistente received the
Carmen Conde Women's Poetry Award.[3] In 2008, her novel Nadie baila el
tango (No one dances the tango) (Ediciones Gárgola, 2008) was awarded the first prize for unpublished novels given by the Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires City government). An English translation of her story "Flechas" ("
Arrowheads") was published in the book Argentina: A Traveler’s Literary Companion (
Whereabouts Press, 2010).
Published work
Fotografías (poems) – Ediciones Gárgola, Buenos Aires, 2014
Se llaman valijas (stories) – Ediciones Gárgola, Buenos Aires, 2012
Nadie baila el tango (novel) – Ediciones Gárgola, Buenos Aires, 2008
Me voy a vivir al sur (chronicle) – First edition: Editorial de los Cuatro Vientos, Buenos Aires, 2005; Second edition: Ediciones Gárgola, Buenos Aires, 2010
Un color inexistente (poems) – Ediciones Torremozas, Madrid, España, 2001
La doble vida (novel) –
Editorial Atlántida, Colección Voces del Plata, Buenos Aires, 1993
La otra orilla (poems) – Editorial Ultimo Reino, Buenos Aires, 1991
Todo eso oyes (novel) –
Emecé Editores, Buenos Aires, 1989
Materia de revelaciones (poems) – Ediciones Botella al Mar, Buenos Aires, 1983
Conspiraciones (stories) – First edition: Fundación Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1982; Second edition: Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1989
Materia viva (poems) – Editorial Schapire, Colección Poetas Populares, Buenos Aires, 1974
Other contributions
Arrowheads (short story) – Argentina: A Traveler's Literary Companion, edited by Jill Gibian,
Whereabouts Press, 2010
La doble vida (excerpt) – Relatos de Patagonia, edited by María Sonia Cristoff, Editorial Cántaro, 2005
Si canta un gallo (play) – El país teatral Serie Premios, Editorial Inteatro, 2005
Lorente-Murphy, Silvia. Las voces no-oficiales en Todo Eso Oyes de Luisa Peluffo. Revista Confluencia Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 149–153, University of Northern Colorado, 1992 -
ISSN0888-6091.