Cristina Sara Piña (born 1949) is an Argentine poet and literary scholar. She was born in Buenos Aires and studied at the University of Salvador and obtained a Master of Arts in Contemporary Thought at CAECE University. Since 1977, she has taught at the Universidad Nacional Mar del Plata.
A prolific writer and translator, she has published numerous books and academic papers. Starting with her debut collection in 1979, she has 14 poetry books and a novel to her name. She is considered to be a leading scholar on the life and work of Alejandra Pizarnik. As a translator, she has translated several dozen works of fiction and non-fiction from English and French into Spanish. She has also translated the plays of Shakespeare, Synge, Ionesco and Tennessee Williams.
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