Annabel Miguelena was born in Chitré

Chitré

Chitré is the capital of the Panamanian province Herrera. Chitré is located about 7 km inland from the Gulf of Panama on the Azuero Peninsula The name Chitre comes from the native tribe Chitra . In the city, there is a district, also called Chitré, which is subdivided into five corregimientos...

 in 1984. She is a Panamanian writer, actress and lawyer. Has published "Amo tus pies mugrientos" (El Hacedor

Fundación El Hacedor

Fundacion El Hacedor is a non-profit organization founded in August 2007 by the writer José Luis Rodríguez Pittí in order to develop cultural, social and educational projects, using literature, music, art and creativity as a vehicle to achieve personal and community development.Among other,...

, 2011), "Punto final" (UTP, 2005) and "Pedacito de luna" (Fundacion Buenos Vecinos, 2009). Winner of the 2010 minicuento

Flash fiction

Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category...

 contest organized by the Spanish Revista Minatura and the First Mention of Premio Nacional de Cuento "José María Sánchez" 2004 organized by the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá. In 2010 wrote, produced, composed the music and acted in the play "Ana Mía", nominated for three Premios Escena in Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

  of which it won Best Original Play and Best Original Song.

External links

• Annabel Miguelena - Information about the author in the database maintained by the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (in Spanish).
• miniTEXTOS.org - Short stories published in this flash fiction on-line magazine (in Spanish).