Literanista
January 21, 2010
Love this idea:
List includes:
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A Sor Juana Anthology
Alan Trueblood (Trans.) 17th century poet, nun, feminist. |
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The Underdogs Mariano Arzuela Most famous novel of the revolution. |
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The Labyrinth of Solitude Octavio Paz (Nobel Prize, Cervantes Prize) Quintissential work on the Mexican national character. |
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Where the Air Is Clear Carlos Fuentes (Cervantes Prize) On the character of Mexico City. |
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Massacre in Mexico Elena Poniatowska (Xavier Villaurrutia Prize) One of the darkest chapters in Mexico’s recent history. |
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El arte de la fuga Sergio Pitol (Cervantes Prize) |
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Selected Poems of Pacheco Jose Emilio Pacheco (Cervantes Prize) |
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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies Laura Esquivel |
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo Hayden Herrera On Mexico’s most famous artist. |
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Malinche: A Novel Laura Esquivel Re-imagining the “Eve” of the conquest era. |
…plus any winners of the Sor Juana Prize I can find in English.
List includes:
Mexican Village, Josephina Niggli – This is a collection of interrelated short stories set in post-revolutionary Mexico. Niggli incorporates Mexican folklore, legends, traditions, and songs in her stories. It was first published in 1945.
Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera, Norma Elia Cantú – This is a fictional biography of growing up on the border in the 1940s, 50s and early 60s.
Tinisima, Elena Poniatowski – This is novel based on the life of photographer and revolutionary, Tina Modotti (one of, if not my favorite photographers). Modotti was actually born in Italy, was a silent film star and the muse of Edward Weston. They both lived in Mexico. She became a photographer in her own right, but in the end she gave it up in favor of politics.
