《老处女》于1968年获得哥伦比亚全国“伊索”小说奖第二名,次年问世,成为当时一部著名的畅销书。笔者读到这部小说已是二十年后再版的版本了,至今在读者中还颇有影响。作者生于1946年,是一位才气横溢的中年作家,已出版小说、散文八部,是当今哥伦比亚全国作家协会的创始人。 The Old Virgin was second in the National Aois novel in Colombia in 1968 and came out the following year, becoming a famous bestseller of that time. I read this novel is already twenty years later version, and so far in the audience is quite influential. Born in 1946, the author is a talented middle-aged author who has published novels and essays and is the founder of the National Association of Colombian Writers.