Since 1976 she has lived in Madrid, a political exile of the Argentine regime known as the National Reorganization Process, and has Spanish citizenship.
In 1978, she founded the Creative Writing Workshop of Clara Obligado, one of the centers of this discipline with the longest standing in Spain, and which she currently directs, teaching courses both live and at a distance.
According to Juan Casamayor, editor of Páginas de Espuma (a publishing house specializing in the genre), Clara Obligado was the introducer of the micro-story in Spain, through her literary workshops.
[4] She is also the author of the novels Si un hombre vivo te hace llorar, No le digas que lo quieres, and Salsa.
In her essay books she has addressed topics related to women and culture, as in her work Mujeres a contracorriente.