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He was born in Mar del Plata.
He learned to read at the age of 3.
As a girl she played at being a writer with the family typewriter.
She studied Literature at the University of Buenos Aires.
She was a top model in the 80s and a journalist in the 90s. She is one of the most widely read and best-selling authors of historical romance works.
Her latest book focuses on a woman who is not only equal to the great heroes, but is also called to be one more among them.
Manuelita, Ecuadorian by birth, warrior, revolutionary, is an indomitable creature whose pulse does not tremble to direct weapons on the battlefield.
Nor to fight for the love that Simón Bolívar generates for him.
That man who takes away sleep.
And as if that weren't enough, he leads her to be fierce and loyal behind her cause.
With a look that allows her to come and go naturally between the rigor of the facts and the reasons of the heart, the author surprises once again with a novel tied to the very outburst of those passions that always deserve to be told.
While Canale already has her next work in mind – although she reserves that plot for herself but reveals that this time it will be about a man – she talks about the character of Manuela Sáenz.
She “She is one of the seven most important women in the independence process.
She was persecuted after the death of Bolívar and silenced, hidden for a long time ”.
WHY BASTARD?
I know the title of the novel is a bit provocative or disturbing.
But that's what they called Manuela Sáenz, among many other things.
She was the daughter of an extramarital affair, of a woman from Quito and a Spaniard.
It seemed to us that this title perfectly understood her life.
WHAT DID YOU MARK YOU TO GO BACK TO THE 19TH CENTURY?
I always go back to that century... could it be that he questions me, that he understands me, that he inhabits me?
I go in search of intense, exciting, contradictory lives, on the edge.
ONCE AGAIN YOU FOCUS ON WOMEN WHO BURN IN THEIR OWN FIRE AND GO FOR EVERYTHING. WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO REACH THEM?
I suppose they have inspired me, that they have dared everything despite putting their lives at stake.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE FIGURE OF MANUELA SAENZ?
And how not to choose her... she was one of a kind, from being illegitimate she went on to occupy a place of power.
She wielded weapons, went to the battlefield, was a spy, collaborated with the Independence of America and was later persecuted for it.
She was a woman without fear.
IN THE NOVEL YOU MENTION THE IRREFRENCABLE DESIRE THAT SIMÓN BOLÍVAR GENERATES IN YOU…
She left everything for him.
She was a married woman and she left her husband, exposing herself to the gossip of that time.
Her life was pure passion, and she measured no consequences.
That can be very dangerous.
DO YOU RELATE READING WITH FREEDOM?
Absolutely.
Reading is an encompassing act, of the most complete solitude and autonomy.
Whoever reads is a reckless person, who knows no fears.
A MESSAGE THAT THIS WORK COULD GIVE TODAY...
The 19th century, in general, should be inspiring.
Men and women who have fought, against all odds, for their ideals.
I think of Manuela, Bolívar, San Martín and they confirm the rule.
They have done everything - often against their own lives - to pursue their ideas.
WILL YOUR NEXT NOVEL ALSO BE ABOUT THE INTIMATES OF HISTORICAL PERSONALITIES?
Yes. The private also speaks of the public.
WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST OBSESSION AS A WRITER?
May my characters be alive.
THE FIRST BOOK YOU REMEMBER READING AND WHY?
I was a voracious reader as a child, I don't think this was the first but it did mark me,
Little Women.
From reading it I wanted to be a writer.
AND THE LAST?
Recollections of an English Gardener,
by Reginald Arkell.