Marcia Collazo was born in
Melo on 13 March 1959, the daughter of artist Vladimiro Collazo and writer
Suleika Ibáñez. She received her PhD in Law and Social Sciences from the of the
University of the Republic. She was received as a professor of history at the
Instituto de Profesores Artigas. She conducted several postgraduate studies in both specialties. She teaches the courses of History and History of Ideas in America at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas. In the Faculty of Law she is a professor of Philosophy of Law. She has published numerous essays and academic articles in the areas of law, history, and philosophy, as well as several literary works. In 2011 and 2012 she received the Golden Book from the for the bestselling fiction book from a national author. Her work has been published in Argentina, France, Spain, and Cuba. Her poetic and narrative work was awarded on numerous occasions by the
Municipality of Montevideo, the
Ministry of Education and Culture, the University of the Republic, and the Uruguay House of Writers. In 2011 she received the
Bartolomé Hidalgo Revelation Award and the Woman of the Year Award in the literary field. In 2015 she received the First Prize of the
Museo de la Memoria and the Ministry of Education and Culture for her story "Tremendo pozo", in the Nibia Sabalsagaray Contest, and in the same year she won the Silver Award in Narrative. ==Works==