Bárbara Mujica (writer) explained

Bárbara Mujica
Occupation:	Scholar, novelist, short story writer, and critic
Education:	University of California at Los Angeles Sorbonne University
Alma Mater:	New York University (PhD)
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Notable Works:	Frida Sister Teresa Miss del Río

Bárbara Mujica is an American scholar, novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She is an Emeritus Professor of Spanish at Georgetown University.^[1] Her novels include Frida (2001), Sister Teresa (2007), and Miss del Río (2022).

Early life and education

Mujica attended the University of California at Los Angeles for her undergraduate education, and studied French literature.^[2] She then attended Sorbonne University for graduate study in French, and completed her doctorate at New York University in Spanish literature, with Antonio Regalado as her dissertation advisor.^[2]

Career

Her writing career began with writing short stories, and she also taught Spanish literature.^[2] Mujica was on the board of directors for the Washington Review from 1994 through 1998.^{[3] [4]}

In the late 1990s, Mujica developed a draft for what became the biographical novel Frida, based on the life of Frida Kahlo, which was first published in 2001^[5] and has since been translated into 18 languages.^{[2] [6]} In 2007, she published the historical novel Sister Teresa, about the woman who became Saint Teresa of Ávila, and the book was translated into Spanish in 2017.^[2] Her next novel, I am Venus, a fictional biography of the model for the La Venus del espejo painting by Diego Velázquez, was published in 2013.^[2] Her novel Miss del Rio, published in 2022, is about the life of the movie star Dolores del Río.^{[2] [7]}

In 2019, an essay collection was published to honor her scholarly work, titled Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica.^[8]

Selected works

Fiction

• The Deaths of Don Bernardo (1990, novel)^[9]
• Sanchez across the Street and Other Stories (1997, short stories)^[10]
• Far from My Mother's Home (1999, short stories)^[11]
• Frida (2001, novel)^[12]
• Sister Teresa (2007, novel)
• I Am Venus (2013, novel)^[13]
• Imagining Iraq (2021, short stories)^[14]
• Miss del Río (2022, novel)^[15]

Nonfiction

• Women Writers of Early Modern Spain: Sophia's Daughters (Yale University Press, 2004)^{[16] [1]}
• Espiritualidad y feminismo: Santa Teresa de Jesus (Ediciones del Orto, 2007)
• Teresa de Avila, Lettered Women (Vanderbilt University Press, 2009)^[17]
• Shakespeare and the Spanish Comedia (Bucknell University Press 2013)^[1]
• A New Anthology of Early Modern Spanish Theater: Play and Playtext (Yale University Press 2014)^[1]
• Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Avila (2020).^[18]

External links

• • Georgetown University faculty profile

Notes and References

1. Lewis . Elizabeth Franklin . Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica. Ed. Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. De Armas. . Early Modern Women. Spring 2021 . 15 . 2 . 210–213 . 10.1353/emw.2021.0014. Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson).
2. News: Rolón-Barada . Israel . Bárbara Mújica, when intellect and fiction meet . CE Noticias Financieras . Translated by Content Engine LLC . 19 September 2022.
3. Art Sites 6. 20. 2. Washington Review. Washington D.C.. 1994. 2022-09-24.
4. Artsites 98 Catalog. Washington Review. 24. 1. Washington D.C.. 1998. 2022-09-24.
5. News: Robinson . Roxana . Portrait of the Artist . . April 15, 2001.
6. Web site: Vazquez . Enrique . Libro Mi hermana Frida de Bárbara Mujica cumple 20 años . . 14 October 2022 . es-MX . 4 August 2021.
7. Web site: Vazques . Enrique . Jalisco. Bárbara Mujica habla de su última novela Miss del Río . . 14 October 2022 . es-MX . 18 September 2022.
8. Additional reviews of Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain
   • Gyulamiryan . Tatevik . Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica ed. by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. de Armas (review) . . September 2020 . 103 . 3 . 423–424. 10.1353/hpn.2020.0074 . Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson).
   • Fernández . Esther . Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: a tribute to Bárbara Mujica: edited by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. De Armas, Newark, University of Delaware Press, 2019 . . May 2021 . 46 . 2 . 221–222 . 10.1080/03071022.2021.1896237. SocINDEX with Full Text.
   • Coolidge . Grace E. . Women warriors in early modern Spain: a tribute to Bárbara Mujica: edited by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. de Armas, Newark, University of Delaware Press, 2019 . Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies . September 2021 . 22 . 3 . 441–443 . 10.1080/14636204.2021.1960756. Academic Search Complete.
9. Tenenbaum . Barbara . Books: The Deaths of Don Bernardo . Americas . May 1990 . 42 . 3 . 63.
10. Smith . Dawn . Sanchez Across the Street and Other Stories . Americas . July 1998 . 50 . 4 . 63.
11. Bencastro . Mario . Reviewing Barbara Mujica . Americas . March 1993 . 45 . 2. MasterFILE Complete.
12. Reviews of Frida
    • Bader . Eleanor J. . Frida . . November 15, 2000 . 125 . 19 . 97.
    • News: Frida . 2 February 2023 . . December 15, 2000.
    • Seaman . Donna . frida . . January 2001 . 97 . 9/10.
    • News: Frida . 2 February 2023 . . January 1, 2001.
    • News: White . Emily . Books in Brief: Fiction & Poetry . . January 28, 2001.
    • News: Robinson . Roxana . Portrait of an Artist . . April 15, 2001.
    • News: Sabo . Mary Ann . Tumult of artist's life shown through sister's eyes in 'Frida . . May 13, 2001.
    • Holmer . Joan Ozark . Frida . Americas . January 2002 . 54 . 1 . 63.
    • News: Reyna . Bessy . Riding the Frida Train; Two New Novels Tell The Story of Artist Kahlo, Who Married Mexico's Most Famous Painter and Romanced the World . . 14 April 2002.
13. Reviews of I Am Venus
    • News: I am Venus . 2 February 2023 . . May 1, 2013.
    • Teahan . Liz . I am Venus . . May 15, 2013 . 109 . 18 . 21. MasterFILE Complete.
14. News: Imagining Iraq . 2 February 2023 . . December 15, 2020.
15. Reviews of Miss del Río
    • Martinez . Sara . Miss Del Rio . . September 1, 2022 . 119 . 1 . 40.
    • Jimenez . Migdalia . Miss del Río: A Novel of Dolores del Río, the First Major Latina Star in Hollywood . . September 2022 . 147 . 9. Education Research Complete.
    • News: Ardila . Erika . 'Miss del Río,' a novel based on the life of the first Latina in Hollywood . 31 January 2023 . . December 8, 2022.
16. Spieker . Joseph . Reviewed Work: Women Writers of Early Modern Spain: Sophia's Daughters by Barbara Mujica . Hispanic Journal . Spring 2006 . 27 . 1 . 159–161 . 1 February 2023 . Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 44284813 .
17. Cunningham . Lawrence S. . Teresa de Ávila . . September 10, 2010 . 137 . 15. MasterFILE Complete.
18. Roberts . Laura . Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Ávila . European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire . 2022 . 29 . 2 . 363–364 . 10.1080/13507486.2021.1908757 . 31 January 2023.