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Gloria Dünkler
Gloria Dünkler
	At FILSA 2017
Born	Gloria Dünkler Valencia; 1977 (age 46–47); Pucón, Chile
Alma mater	Metropolitan University of Technology
Occupation(s)	Writer, librarian
Notable work	Spandau
Awards	Santiago Municipal Literature Award (2013); Pablo Neruda Award (2016);

Gloria Dünkler (born 1977) is a Chilean writer, and winner of the 2016 Pablo Neruda Award.^[1] She is best known for her poetry, although she also collects folktales.

Biography

Gloria Dünkler was born into a large family of artisans, musicians, and fishermen. She studied Pedagogy in Language and Communication at the University of La Frontera in Temuco, and graduated as a Spanish teacher and a licentiate in education in 2003. Later, in 2009, she qualified as a librarian at the Metropolitan University of Technology in Santiago.^[2]

The same year of her graduation as a teacher, she self-published her first book of poems, Quilaco seducido.^[3] With the second, Füchse von Llafenko (Spanish: Zorros de Llafenko), which was released by Ediciones Tácitas in 2009, she won her first major award, the Academy, given by the Academia Chilena de la Lengua.^[4] The following collection of poems, Spandau (2012), consolidated her outstanding position in new poetry of her country by receiving the Santiago Municipal Literature Award.^[5]^[6] In 2015 Dünkler released her fourth poetry collection, Yatagán, and the following year her poetic career was distinguished with the Pablo Neruda Award.^[1]

Her poems, reviews, and conversations appear in the Daf-Brücke journals of the Association of German Professors (AGPA), Chile affiliate (Santiago, 2010), and in Nachrichten (Frankfurt, 2009). Texts of hers, along with those of other national poets, Polish and German, were part of the Poetry Bombings in Warsaw in 2009 and in Berlin in 2010, organized by the collective Casagrande. Her poems have appeared in several anthologies, both in Chile (Mujeres en la poesía chilena actual, Semejanza, 2000) and in other countries (Argentina – Desde todo el silencio, Los Puños de la Paloma, and Comer con la mirada, Desde la Gente, both in 2008 – and Mexico, Doce en punto, UNAM, 2012), and have been translated into German, Polish, and Catalan. She has participated in festivals representing Chile, such as the Larinale 2013 (Berlin) and the Festival of La Mar de Músicas 2015, in Cartagena, Spain.^[7]

The theme of Dünkler's work deals mainly with the settlement of the first German colonists in Mapuche territory and the contrasts between both cultures and identities. She has participated in numerous literary contests and obtained important recognitions. Dünkler also collects folktales and has been a fellow of the workshop of writer Pía Barros.^[3]

She resides in Santiago, where she works as a librarian at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Chile. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, after her working day, she goes to boxing training at the Team Pardo gym. The poet, who claims not to drink or smoke, began to practice this sport for self-defense.^[8]

Works

Quilaco seducido, self-published, Pucón, 2003
Füchse von Llafenko (Zorros de Llafenko), Ediciones Tácitas, Santiago, 2009
Spandau, Tácitas, 2012
Yatagán, Tácitas, 2015

Awards and recognitions

First regional place in the 12th Contest of Stories and Tales of the Rural World (FUCOA), 2003
Third place in the 3rd Rural World Poetry Contest, organized by the Agricultural Communication Foundation, Ministry of Agriculture (FUCOA), 2004
First regional prize in the 13th Rural World Stories and Tales Contest (FUCOA), 2005
First prize in the 2007 essay contest of the CFT-UTEM (Metropolitan University of Technology)
2008 Los Puños de la Paloma Award (Santa Fe, Argentina)
2010 Academy Award for Füchse von Llafenko (Academia Chilena de la Lengua)
Honorable Mention for the 2010 Santiago Municipal Literature Award for Füchse von Llafenko^[9]
Fellowship of the National Book and Reading Council [es], 2011
2013 Critics' Award for Spandau
2013 Santiago Municipal Literature Award for Spandau^[5]
Fellowship of the National Book and Reading Council, 2013
2016 Pablo Neruda Award^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Premio de Poesía Joven Pablo Neruda 2016 a Gloria Dunkler" [2016 Pablo Neruda Youth Poetry Award to Gloria Dunkler] (in Spanish). Pablo Neruda Foundation. 16 March 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "Gloria Dünkler". Antología en Movimiento (in Spanish). 5 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b Droguett Tobar, Alfonso (18 December 2012). "Poetisa Gloria Dünkler invitada a encuentro literario en la Academia Chilena de la Lengua" [Poet Gloria Dünkler Invited to a Literary Meeting at the Chilean Academy of Language] (in Spanish). University of Chile. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ Droguett Tobar, Alfonso (28 September 2010). "Gloria Dünkler homenajeada por Academia Chilena de la Lengua" [Gloria Dünkler Honored By the Chilean Academy of Language] (in Spanish). University of Chile. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Tres nuevas categorías para los Premios Municipales" [Three New Categories for the Municipal Awards]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 24 October 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ Teperman, Johnny (23 October 2013). "Alcaldesa Tohá anuncia los ganadores del Premio Municipal de Literatura 2013" [Mayor Tohá Announces the Winners of the 2013 Municipal Literature Award]. biobiochile.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "Manuel García, Quilapayún, Jorge Edwards y Pablo Simonetti representarán a Chile en festival español" [Manuel García, Quilapayún, Jorge Edwards, and Pablo Simonetti Represent Chile in Spanish Festival]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ Rozas, Daniel (9 June 2017). "Gloria Dünkler, poeta y boxeadora" [Gloria Dünkler, Poet and Boxer]. La Segunda (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ Droguett Tobar, Alfonso (14 September 2010). "Funcionaria Gloria Dünkler premiada por la Academia Chilena de la Lengua" [Official Gloria Dünkler Awarded By the Chilean Academy of Language] (in Spanish). University of Chile. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.