AustLit logo
Clara Espinosa Clara Espinosa i(A104763 works by) (a.k.a. Clara Espinosa Noriega)
Also writes as: Madre y Perla ; Woggy Girl ; Mujer
Born: Established: 1946 La Paz,
c
Bolivia,
c
South America, Americas,
;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Bolivian
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

BiographyHistory

Before migrating, Clara Espinosa studied medicine at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres in La Paz, and when she came to Australia she found employment as a drugs and alcohol counsellor.

In Australia, Espinosa published a series of 48 articles, in 1990 and 1991, in the newspaper El Español en Australia, writing of a character she called 'Woggy Girl.' This writing process, she says, helped her move through the three stages of mourning she associates with the experience of migration. (From The Flying Carnation, p. 130.) In October 1991, she began a column under the name 'Mujer' [Woman, in Spanish] in which she reflected on migrant experiences from a woman's point of view.

Together with her daughter, Clara Maldonado, Clara Espinosa also wrote as Madreperla or Madre y Perla for publications including 30 Dias and Hontanar.

Most Referenced Works

Last amended 8 Dec 2015 15:09:44
Other mentions of "" in AustLit:
    X