Anacristina Rossi

Anacristina Rossi (born 1952 in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican writer.
Biography.
After studying theatre and dance in her home country, she travelled to Europe and studied in England, France and the Netherlands. She has a diploma in translation from the University of Paris and a master's degree in women studies and development from the International Institute of Social Studies.
Rossi marks the change of century in Costa Rican literature with the novel "María la noche". Possessor of an intimate narrative, many times provocative, does not doubt in taking part in subjects of social transcendence by means of the complaint. The author has noted as influences Virginia Woolf, Henry Miller, Julio Cortázar, Marguerite Duras and Anaïs Nin.
Rossi has also been a columnist and activist in environmental subjects. Her work has been translated to Italian, French and English, and many of her tales are part of anthologies and magazines in Central America, France, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Currently she works as a professor at the University of Costa Rica.