Elisa Lerner

Elisa Lerner
Lerner in 2013
Born(1932-06-06)6 June 1932
Valencia, Venezuela
Died24 November 2024(2024-11-24) (aged 92)
OccupationPlaywright, essayist
Notable worksYo amo a Columbo (1979)

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.

Lerner died on 24 November 2024, at the age of 92.