Cynthia Rimsky
Cynthia Rimsky (Santiago, 1962) lives in Argentina. She teaches at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes in Buenos Aires and at the Universidad Católica Valparaíso's writing program. She has published the books Poste restante, La novela de otro, Los perplejos, Ramal, El futuro es un lugar extraño, Fui, En obra, La revolución a dedo, La vuelta al perro, and Yomurí. She has been the recipient of the Juegos Literarios Gabriela Mistral Prize in 1994; Santiago's Municipal Prize in 2001 for Poste restante, in 2017 for El futuro es un lugar extraño, and in 2021 for La revolución a dedo; and the Best Literary Work Prize awarded by Chile's National Council of Culture in 2017 for El futuro es un lugar extraño and in 2021 for the novel Yomurí.