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Elna Matamoros
Ballet Mistress at the Ballet Nacional de España. A pupil of her mother, Carmina Ocaña, in Madrid and Wilhelm Burmann in New York, she gained a Master of Arts in Dance Education from the University of New York. A specialist in the methodology of the Bournonville technique and the teaching of different dance styles, she currently combines her teaching role with research, encouraging awareness of dance in various publications and by speaking at events.
Elsa Drucaroff
A writer, essayist, researcher and teacher, Drucaroff has published the novels 'La patria de las mujeres' (1999) and 'Conspiración contra Güemes' (2002). She is also author of the essays "Mijail Bajtín, la guerra de las culturas" (1995) and "Roberto Arlt, profeta del miedo" (1998). She is currently a teacher and researcher at the Escuela Nacional de Profesorado Joaquín V. González and in the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts at the UBA. 'El infierno prometido: una prostituta de la Zwi Migdal' is her third novel.
Elsa Plaza
Buenos Aires, 1950; she studied Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Paris and Barcelona. She is a lecturer at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona. Her first novel "Rojiza penumbra" (Ruddy Gloom) was published in 2006.
ELSA PUNSET
Elsa Punset graduated in Philosophy and Literature and has a Masters degree in Humanities from the University of Oxford.
Elvira Lindo
Elvira LIndo studied journalism and was a presenter on Radio Nacional España. She has been a scriptwriter for Cadena SER and various television programmes. It was in these scripts that the characer of Manolito Gafotas first appeared, who since the first book of the series was published in 1994 has enjoyed huge success.