Cynthia Clara Rimsky Mitnik (born September 27, 1962) is a Chilean writer and academic currently living in Argentina.
In 2024, Rimsky won the Herralde Prize for her novel Clara y confusa, becoming the first Chilean woman to receive this award.
[5] In 2001, she published her debut novel, Poste restante, inspired by her journey through Europe after discovering her family’s photo album at a flea market in Santiago.
[6] In 2017, Rimsky won both the Santiago Municipal Literature Award and the Prize for Best Published Literary Works for her novel El futuro es un lugar extraño ("The Future is a Strange Place").
[10] In November of that year, she won the Herralde Prize for Novel alongside Xita Rubert for her book Clara y confusa, becoming the first Chilean woman and the second person from Chile, after Roberto Bolaño, to receive this award.