Olga Ida Magdalena Grau Duhart (born September 21, 1945) is a contemporary Chilean writer, full professor, and philosopher,[1] a specialist in gender, sexuality, philosophy, education, and literature.
Grau was awarded a FONDECYT project in 1993, for "Discurso, Género y Poder: Un Análisis de Discursos Públicos Oficiales en Chile (1978-1993)" (Discourse, Gender and Power: An Analysis of Official Public Discourses in Chile (1978-1993)) and in 1995, for "El Relato Mítico de la Quintrala en el Imaginario Cultural" (The Mythical Story of the Quintrala in the Cultural Imaginary).
[5][6] She works as a full professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities and at the "Centro de Estudios de Género y Cultura en América Latina" (CEGECAL) (Center for Gender and Cultural Studies in Latin America) at the University of Chile.
[7] Grau has written books and essays, and made presentations on gender, sexuality, philosophy, childhood, education and literature.
In 1999, she received an award from the Book Council in the category “unpublished essay” for her text "Catalina, Catrala, Quintrala.