Mónica Lavín

Mónica Lavín

Writer and journalist, Mónica Lavín
Born (1955-08-22) 22 August 1955
Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality Mexican
Occupation writer
Website http://www.monicalavin.com/

Mónica Lavín (México City,1955) is the author of six books of short stories, notable among them Ruby Tuesday no ha muerto (1966 recipient of the Gilberto Owen National Literary Prize); Uno no sabe (2003, finalist for the Antonin Artaud award); and her most recent collection, La corredora de Cuemanco y el aficionado a Schubert (Punto de Lectura, 2008). In addition she was awarded the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-american Novel Prize for her work Yo, la peor (2010).

Biography

Mónica Lavín was born on 22 August 1955 in Mexico City, Mexico. She earned a degree in biology from the Metropolitan Autonomous University.[1] Lavín began writing when she was a teenager, completing her first stories around age thirteen.[2] Her best known works include Café cortado, awarded best book of the year (Premio Narrativa de Colima 2001)[3][4] and La más faulera[5] (Grijalbo), a novel for young readers that has been reprinted several times.[3] Her novel Despertar los apetitos (Alfaguara, 2005), combines Lavin’s passion for food and travel and is based on her trip across Canada on the Transcanadian Railway as a gastronomy journalist.[6][7] Yo, la peor (Grijalbo, 2009), a historical novel about Mexican poet and scholar Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz,[8] was very well received by critics and readers and won the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-american Novel Prize (Spanish: Premio Iberoamericano de Novela Elena Poniatowska).[1][3] Lavín’s latest novels are La casa chica (Planeta: 2012) and Doble filo (PRHM: 2014).[9][10]

Lavín, has also published many non-fiction works in the fields of scientific and food journalism. She is a contributor to a variety of periodicals including El Economista, El Universal, Época, La Plaza, La Vida Literaria, Memoria de Papel, Mundo Celular, Nonotza, and Vértigo.[1] Her book of essays Leo luego escribo: ideas for enjoying reading (Lectorum, 2000) was chosen for the National Classroom Library Program. Her stories appear in anthologies both in Mexico and around the world (United States, Italy, Canada, France, Panamá).[11] She was a Literary resident in the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada,[12] the Yaddo Colony of the Arts in Saratoga Springs and The Hermitage Retreat in Florida. She has worked as a publisher, scriptwriter; and radio and television host in conversation with other writers. She has been invited to give lectures and readings in Mexico and abroad.[1][2][13] She writes for the cultural section of the Universal newspaper, Farenheit Art magazine, and interviews writers for Public Television in Mexico. She belongs to the Sistema Nacional de Creadores (FONCA) and was a teacher for the SOGEM Writers’ School, and is currently a professor in the Creative Writing Department of the Universidad Autónoma in México City.[11]

Awards and recognition

Lavín received the Gilberto Owen National Literary Prize in 1996 for her work Ruby Tuesday no ha muerto.[1][9] She was awarded the Premio Narrativa de Colima in 2001 for Café cortado[4] and was a finalist for the Antonin Artaud award with Uno no sabe in 2003.[9] Her Yo, la peor was the 2010 winner of the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-american Novel Prize.[1]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mónica Lavín". Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Mexican Ministry of Culture. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 McVeigh, Paul (30 September 2015). "ISLA literary festival: a Q&A with bestselling Mexican author Monica Lavin". Dublin, Ireland: The Irish Times.
  3. 1 2 3 Cerino, Kristian Antonio (21 November 2011). "Mónica Lavín, la escritora inquieta" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Animal Politico. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa Colima para Obra Publicada" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Me gusta leer México (2012-07-18), La más faulera - Mónica Lavín - Septiembre 2012, retrieved 2016-04-21
  6. ↑ Ruy Sánchez, Alberto (2006). "Mónica Lavín: Despertar los apetitos" [Monica Lavin: Whet the appetite] (PDF). Revista de la Universidad de México (in Spanish) (Mexico City: Universidad de México) 32: 92–93.
  7. ↑ Mateos-Vega, Monica (24 May 2005). "Mónica Lavín espera despertar el apetito por la escritura de ficción" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: La jornada. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  8. ↑ C.V., DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios, S.A. de. "La Jornada: Mónica Lavín desmitifica a Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz para hacerla más cercana". www.jornada.unam.mx. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  9. 1 2 3 "Mónica Lavín" (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain: Schavelzon Graham. 2016.
  10. ↑ Ventura, Abida (14 May 2014). "En Doble Filo, Mónica Lavín recuerda el primer desamor" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: El Universal. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Mónica Lavín" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Revista de la Universidad de México. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  12. ↑ Lavin, Mónica (2001). Points of Departure: New Stories from Mexico. translator: Segade, Gustavo. San Francisco, California: City Lights Books. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-87286-381-1.
  13. ↑ Lee, G. D. (4 November 2014). "Para abrir apetito... un bocado de Mónica Lavín" (in Spanish). Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico: El Informador. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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