Nacarid Portal
Nacarid Portal | |
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At the Ricardo Palma Book Fair in 2019 | |
| Born | 1991 (age 33–34) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Occupation | Writer |
Nacarid Portal Arráez (born 1991)[1][2] is a Venezuelan writer known for her publications in the genre of juvenile literature.
Career
Nacarid Portal was born in Caracas and studied social communication and arts at the Universidad Santa María,[3] and later at the Escuela Superior de Artes Escénicas Juana Sujo.[2][4] At the age of 20, she wrote her first book, La vida entre mis dedos. Her book Amor a cuatro estaciones was the best-selling juvenile book in 2016 and 2017 in Venezuela,[5] and was proposed for a film adaptation.[6][7] In 2018 she published Quinientas veces tu nombre,[8] which she included as part of the Renacer book saga.[9] She would later publish Mientras te olvido.[10]
At the age of 21, she founded,[10] along with her mother, the humanitarian organization Tierra Nueva.[2]
She is also the official ambassador of Acción Poética in Caracas, a literary movement that promotes poetry in urban environments.[4]
In 2017, she founded the publishing house Déja Vu, under which she publishes herself and within which she holds the position of director. It is oriented to juvenile literature.[2]
Personal life
Portal is openly lesbian.[11] In 2023, she received media coverage for having obtained, through a legal process, the naming of her two children after both of her mothers.[12]
References
- ^ Escribano, Pedro (27 November 2019). "Nacarid Portal Arráez: "Mi vida sirve para imaginar historias"". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d Trujillo, Estefanía (5 April 2023). ""Quería que cada libro fuera una experiencia visual": Nacarid Portal Arráez, directora de la editorial venezolana Déjà vu". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Nacarid Portal Arraez". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 15 May 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Acción Poética Caracas promueve el arte en la ciudad". El Nacional (in Spanish). 22 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Nacarid Portal recorre el mundo con su historia de amor". 2001online.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Sabino, Karines (20 May 2017). "Nacarid Portal lleva Amor a cuatro estaciones a la pantalla grande". Diario Avance (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Borges, Yarelis (21 May 2017). "Nacarid Portal llevará "Amor a cuatro estaciones" del papel a la pantalla grande". Televen (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ 2001online. "La escritora Nacarid Portal Arráez lanza su nuevo libro "Quinientas veces tu nombre"". 2001online.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Arroyo, Ivonne (6 November 2018). "'Quinientas veces tu nombre', más que una simple historia de amor". El Heraldo de Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ a b Mejía, Nicolás Cortés (14 November 2017). "'Sentirse exitoso se logra con paciencia y orden'". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Contreras, Carolina (28 June 2024). "7 celebridades venezolanas que quizás NO sabías que son LGBTQ+". Oceandrive (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Legalizan apellidos de niños con dos mamás en Venezuela". Meridiano.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.