Carolina De Robertis
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Carolina De Robertis is a Uruguayan-American novelist, translator, and editor born in the United Kingdom in 1975 to Uruguayan parents. Raised in a family shaped by migration and political exile, she grew up in England, Switzerland, and California, experiences that inform her exploration of identity, belonging, and displacement. Writing in English, De Robertis often centres Latin American history, women’s lives, queer identities, and the lasting effects of political violence. Her debut novel, The Invisible Mountain (2009), follows three generations of Uruguayan women across much of the twentieth century, weaving their personal stories into the country’s turbulent political history. Her other notable works include Perla (2012), which examines the legacy of Argentina’s military dictatorship, and The Gods of Tango (2015), a novel about gender, music, and transformation in early twentieth-century Buenos Aires. Through lyrical prose and richly layered narratives, De Robertis explores how individuals resist restrictive social norms and reclaim identities shaped by family, history, and cultural inheritance.
