Electra Mirta Arlt (25 January 1923 – 12 November 2014)[1] was an Argentine writer, translator, professor and researcher specializing in theater.

She completed her studies at National University of Córdoba in 1949, becoming a Professor of Language and Literature.

[3] She wrote numerous papers and books, including the novel El sobreviviente, in 1973, for which she was honored.

She also wrote numerous essays on the work of her father, and forewords to several of his works, such as Los siete locos, 300 millones, La juerga de los polichinelas and El desierto entra a la ciudad, among others.

[5] Arlt died in 2014, at the age of 91 years of a heart attack.