What is Selva Almada?
{{Infobox person | name = Selva Almada | image = Selva Almada.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|04|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Villa Elisa, Entre Ríos|Villa Elisa]], Argentina | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = Writer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = | children = | awards = | alma_mater = | website = }} '''Selva Almada''', born on April 5, 1973, is an [[Argentina|Argentine]] writer. She is known for poetry, [[Short story|short stories]], and novels. In 2014, she started to write [[Non-fiction|nonfiction]] with the book ''Chicas muertas''. Almada studied Social Communication in [[Paraná]], but later changed it to Literature at Paraná's Institute of [[Higher education|Higher Education]]. Her early works started during a workshop by Maria Elena Lotringer at the School of Communication.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/rosario/12-43745-2014-04-27.html |title='Siempre tuve una búsqueda lírica' |trans-title='I Always Had a Lyrical Quest' |first=Beatriz |last=Vignoli |work=[[Página/12]] |language=Spanish |date=27 April 2014 |access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref> Her first stories were shared in the Paraná weekly ''Análisis''. In 1997-1998, she had a short-lived self-managed cultural literary project named CAelum Blue. Almada learned her storytelling skills in [[Buenos Aires]] with the help of Alberto Laiseca's literary workshop. Famous literary figures like Chilean writer [[Diego Zúñiga]] and journalist Beatriz Sarlo have talked about her talent.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.quepasa.cl/articulo/cultura/2014/06/6-14517-9-de-donde-sale-esta-escritora-sorprendente.shtml/ |title=¿De dónde sale esta escritora sorprendente? |trans-title=Where Does This Amazing Writer Come From? |first=Diego |last=Zúñiga |author-link=Diego Zúñiga |work=[[Qué Pasa (magazine)|Qué Pasa]] |language=Spani