Brenda Lozano Explained

Brenda Lozano
Birth Name:Brenda Lozano Vázquez
Birth Date:12 June 1981
Birth Place:Mexico City
Alma Mater:Ibero-American University
Genre:Novels, short stories
Language:Spanish

Brenda Lozano (born 1981) is a Mexican writer best known for her novel Loop which won the PEN Award on Translation.

Career

She studied literature at the Universidad Iberoamericana. She has published three novels, Todo nada, Cuaderno ideal, and Brujas, as well as a book of short fiction Cómo piensan las piedras. In 2017, she was named as one of the Bogota 39, a selection of the best young writers in Latin America.[1]

Cuaderno ideal was translated into English by Annie McDermott under the title Loop. In 2019 Loop was granted the PEN Award on Translation.[2] [3]

On August 16, 2021 Brenda Lozano was posted to the Mexican embassy in Spain as a cultural attaché.[4] Only four days later, however, president Andrés Manuel López Obrador complained Lozano had previously been critical of his policies and rescinded the appointment.[5] Lozano became the target of a coordinated astroturfing attack, harassing her via social media.[6]

List of works

Awards

Notes and References

  1. http://www.agenciabalcells.com/en/authors/author/brenda-lozano/ Bio
  2. News: Loop by Brenda Lozano review – a glorious tapestry of ideas . December 26, 2019. . August 26, 2021. Gavin . Francis.
  3. News: In This Novel, the Stream of Consciousness Is More Like a Whirlpool . August 18, 2021. . August 26, 2021. John . Williams.
  4. News: La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores anuncia la designación de la nueva agregada cultural en la Embajada de México en España . August 16, 2021. Secretary of Exterior Relations . August 26, 2021. Spanish.
  5. Web site: Lambertucci . Constanza . López Obrador descarta a Brenda Lozano como agregada cultural en España y propone a una poeta indígena . El País . 20 August 2021 . 20 August 2021. Spanish.
  6. Piña-García . C. A. . Espinoza . A. . Coordinated campaigns on Twitter during the coronavirus health crisis in Mexico . Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society . 31 December 2022 . 5 . 1 . 10.1080/25729861.2022.2035935 . en . 2572-9861. free .