Marcela Paz

Marcela Paz (February 28, 1902 – June 12, 1985) was the pen name of Esther Huneeus Salas de Claro, a Chilean writer.

She also used the pen names of Paula de la Sierra, Lukim Retse, P. Neka and Juanita Godoy.

[1] She was born into a well-off family and was the second eldest of eight children of Francisco Huneeus Gana and María Teresa Salas Subercaseaux.

Previously she had published with other pseudonyms like Paula de la Sierra, Lukim Retse, P. Neka y Juanita Godoy.

Between 1964 and 1967, she directed the Asociación Internacional del Libro Juvenil, the Chilean chapter of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).