Larissa Rú
Larissa Quesada Arroyo (born 1998), known by her pen name Larissa Rú, is a Costa Rican writer of speculative fiction, horror, and fantasy. She is a two-time winner of the Aquileo J. Echeverría National Prize: for best novel (2020) and best story (2022).
Biography
Larissa Quesada Arroyo, known as Larissa Rú, was born in San José, Costa Rica, in 1998.[1][2] She studied art history at the University of Costa Rica.[1][3] She also pursued additional studies in cultural heritage at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.[1]
Rú is known as a writer of speculative fiction, horror, and fantasy. While still a student at the University of Costa Rica, in 2020, she published her first novel, Cómo sobrevivir a una tormenta extranjera.[3] This work won the Aquileo J. Echeverría National Prize, the highest cultural honor in Costa Rica, for best novel of that year.[1][3] Rú had begun writing the novel at 17 years old while traveling abroad and feeling a sense of vulnerability and loneliness due to not fitting in.[3] It deals with a young Venezuelan immigrant who, while suffering a pulmonary illness, is sent to Europe under false pretenses.[3]
In 2021, she published her second novel, Plenilunio, a work of young adult fantasy.[3] Her first collection of horror short stories, Monstruos bajo la lluvia, followed in 2022.[4][5] Its eight stories use the horror genre to explore women's lives, fears, and relationships.[4] That collection won the Aquileo J. Echeverría National Prize for short stories.[1][4][6]
Since 2024, Rú has worked as an editor at the Costa Rican literary publisher Encino Ediciones.[1]
References
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