Marcela Paz (February 28, 1902-June 12, 1985) was the pen name of Esther Huneeus Salas de Claro, a Chilean writer. She also used the pen names of Paula de la Sierra, Lukim Retse, P. Neka and Juanita Godoy.
Paz was born in Santiago, Chile, the second child from a wealthy family. She studied at home. In 1929 she traveled to Paris for some months and took lessons in visual arts. Back in Chile, she started her literary work. She began publishing in magazines such as El Peneca, Ecran, Zig-Zag, Eva and Margarita, and newspapers like La Nación, El Mercurio and La Tercera. In 1933 she published her first book, Tiempo, papel y lápiz. That same year she married José Luis Claro.
In 1947 Paz published the first book with her most famous character, Papelucho. Papelucho became a companion and an inspiration to generations of children and perhaps one of Chile's most well known humanized characters of the twentieth century. Between 1964 and 1967, she directed the Asociación Internacional del Libro Juvenil, the Chilean chapter of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).
In 1968 she received a Hans Christian Andersen honour diploma. In 1979 she received the gold medal from the Instituto Cultural de Providencia. In 1982, she was awarded with the Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile.
Ester Huneeus Salas de Claro, más conocida por su seudónimo Marcela Paz (Santiago, 28 de febrero de 1902 — Santiago, 12 de junio de 1985),[1] fue una escritora chilena. Es famosa por su serie de cuentos infantiles Papelucho.
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