Elisa Lerner

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lerner and the second or maternal family name is Nagler.

Elisa Lerner Nagler (6 June 1932 – 24 November 2024) was a Venezuelan playwright and essayist. Among her works are the plays: Vida con mamá and En el vasto silencio de Manhattan; the essays volume Yo amo a Columbo o la pasión dispersa and the chronicle books: Carriel para la fiesta and Crónicas ginecológicas. In 1999, she was awarded the National Prize for Literature.

Elisa Lerner
Lerner in 2013
Born	(1932-06-06)6 June 1932 Valencia, Venezuela
Died	24 November 2024(2024-11-24) (aged 92)
Occupation	Playwright, essayist
Notable works	Yo amo a Columbo (1979)

Lerner died on 24 November 2024, at the age of 92.^[1]

Works

• En el vasto silencio de Manhattan (1961, play)
• Una sonrisa detrás de la metáfora (1969, essay)
• Vida con mamá (1976, play)
• Yo amo a Columbo (1979, essays)
• Carriel número cinco (1983, chronicles).
• Crónicas ginecológicas (1984, chronicles).
• Carriel para la fiesta (1997, chronicles)
• En el entretanto (2000, short s
• Homenaje a la estrella (2002, short stories)
• De muerte lenta (2006, novel)
• Así que pasen cien años (2016, collected chronicles)