Edda Fabbri


Edda Fabbri is a Uruguayan writer. She was awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize for her testimonial novel Oblivion, which narrates her experiences as a political prisoner of Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay.

Life

Her interest in leftist movements began at an early age, when she studied the speeches of Fidel Castro. Later, during the 60s and 70s, she studied at the Faculty of Medicine where he joined the student movement.
In 1971, she joined the Tupamaros National Liberation Movement. A few months later, she was imprisoned in a jail in Montevideo, where they took the prisoners of common crimes. A month later, she managed to escape through the pipes and tunnels of the place with the help of her colleagues who were planning the escape from the outside. After nine months in freedom, in 1972 she was imprisoned again in Punta de Rieles where she was held for the next 13 years. In February 1985, she was released from jail along with another group of political prisoners. At this time, she had a daughter named Rosario with her partner. Later, his second son, Pedro, was born.
Her first book, Oblivion, won the Casa de las Américas Literary Prize for testimonial literature in 2007. Other stories by her, have been included in Memorias para armar II and Exilios y tangueces.
Currently, she works in various periodicals and since 2000 she collaborates in the Semanario Brecha.

Works