Mónica Lavín Explained

Mónica Lavín
Birth Date:22 August 1955
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation:writer
Website:https://www.monicalavinescritora.com/

Mónica Lavín (born August 22, 1955) is a Mexican author of six books of short stories, notable among them Ruby Tuesday no ha muerto (1996 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). Her novel Cuando te hablen de amor (2017) was a finalist for the 2019 Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Prize for the Novel.[1] She is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores (FONCA), was a teacher for the SOGEM Writers’ School, and is currently a professor in the Creative Writing Department of the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México in México City.[2]

Biography

Mónica Lavín was born on 22 August 1955 in Mexico City, Mexico. She earned a degree in biology from the Metropolitan Autonomous University.[3] Lavín began writing when she was a teenager, completing her first stories around age thirteen.[4] Her best known works include Café cortado, awarded best book of the year (Premio Narrativa de Colima 2001)[5] [6] and La más faulera (Grijalbo), a novel for young readers that has been reprinted several times. Her novel Despertar los apetitos (Alfaguara, 2005), combines Lavín’s passions for food and travel and is based on her trip across Canada on the Transcanadian Railway as a gastronomy journalist.[7] [8] Yo, la peor (Grijalbo, 2009), a historical novel about Mexican poet and scholar Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz,[9] was very well received by critics and readers and won the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-American Novel Prize (Spanish; Castilian: Premio Iberoamericano de Novela Elena Poniatowska). Her book of essays Leo luego escribo: ideas for enjoying reading (Lectorum, 2000) was chosen for the National Classroom Library Program. Her work is widely anthologized in Mexico and around the world (United States, Italy, Canada, France, Spain, Panamá).

Screenwriter, Columnist, Public Appearances

As a documentary screenwriter, Lavín received the Pantalla de Cristal Award (2010) for coauthoring "Bajo la región más transparente"[10] about Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. She appears frequently on radio, television and writes for the print media. She has given conferences and lectures in various forums and universities in México as well as abroad. She wrote the musical and cuisine show for the band Mariachi Charanda entitled "Canciones a la Carta".

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. She was a Literary resident in the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada,[11] 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.[12] She writes for the cultural section of the El Universal newspaper, Fahrenheit art magazine, and interviews writers for public television in Mexico.[13]

Lavín is a columnist for the newspaper El Universal, and in addition has given conferences both in Mexico as well as in Italy, France, the U.S.A., and Canada. Currently she contributes the column "Dorar la pildora"[14] in the Cultural Section of El Universal, and she also writes for the magazine Fahrenheit. In 2011, she participated in the Annual Writers' Conference[15] held in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, as well as in a conference at the Instituto de Artes Gráficas in Oaxaca. Additionally, she is the host of the radio program "Ficcionario de Código DF"[16] that is broadcast on the Internet. From 2016 to 2021 she was the co-host with writer Rosa Beltrán of a literary talk show on Canal 22, "Contraseñas".[17] [18]

Awards and recognition

Lavín received the Gilberto Owen National Literary Prize in 1996 for her work Ruby Tuesday no ha muerto.[19] She was awarded the Premio Narrativa de Colima in 2001 for Café cortado and was a finalist for the Antonin Artaud award with Uno no sabe in 2003. Her novel Yo, la peor was the 2010 winner of the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-american Novel Prize. Her novel "Cuando te hablen de Amor" was a finalist for the III Premio Bienal Mario Vargas Llosa in 2019,[20] and shared the 2023 Sinaloa National Award for literature (el Premio Nacional Letras de Sinaloa) along with the Mexican poet Mario Bojórquez.[21]

Selected works

Collections of stories

Novels

Nonfiction & Essays

Young Adult Fiction

Anthology

Translations

Meaty Pleasures (Katakana Editores, 2021), translation by Dorothy Potter Snyder.[41] [42] [43]

Notes and References

  1. News: Corona . Sonia . May 28, 2019 . La Bienal de Novela Mario Vargas Llosa arranca con polémica por la escasa presencia de mujeres . El País . May 6, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2016 . Mónica Lavín . 24 April 2016 . Revista de la Universidad de México . es . Mexico City, Mexico.
  3. Web site: Mónica Lavín. Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México. Mexican Ministry of Culture. 24 April 2016. Mexico City, Mexico. es. 14 January 2016.
  4. News: McVeigh. Paul. ISLA literary festival: a Q&A with bestselling Mexican author Monica Lavin. The Irish Times. 30 September 2015. Dublin, Ireland.
  5. News: Cerino. Kristian Antonio. Mónica Lavín, la escritora inquieta. 24 April 2016. Animal Politico. 21 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20160424203918/http://www.animalpolitico.com/2011/11/monica-lavin-la-escritora-inquieta/. 24 April 2016. Mexico City, Mexico. es.
  6. Web site: Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa Colima para Obra Publicada. Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. 24 April 2016. Mexico City, Mexico. es. 2016.
  7. Ruy Sánchez. Alberto. Mónica Lavín: Despertar los apetitos. Revista de la Universidad de México. 2006. 32. 92–93. Monica Lavin: Whet the appetite. Universidad de México. Mexico City. es.
  8. News: Mateos-Vega. Monica. Mónica Lavín espera despertar el apetito por la escritura de ficción. 24 April 2016. La jornada. 24 May 2005. Mexico City, Mexico. es.
  9. Web site: La Jornada: Mónica Lavín desmitifica a Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz para hacerla más cercana. C.V.. DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios, S.A. de. www.jornada.unam.mx. May 2009. 2016-04-21.
  10. Web site: Mónica Lavín interviews Carlos Fuentes. Canal 22. 16 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161116163442/http://www.canal22.org.mx/p/documento.php?ndf=7975&s=met. 16 November 2016. dead.
  11. Book: Lavin . Mónica . Points of Departure: New Stories from Mexico . City Lights Books . translator: Segade, Gustavo . 2001 . 978-0-87286-381-1 . San Francisco, California . 162 . registration.
  12. News: Lee . G. D. . 4 November 2014 . Para abrir apetito... un bocado de Mónica Lavín . es . El Informador . Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico . 24 April 2016.
  13. News: November 4, 2016 . Rosa Beltrán y Mónica Lavín lanzan "Contraseñas" . November 16, 2016 . Yahoo News.
  14. News: Opinión: dorar la pildora. El Universal.
  15. News: "La literatura sirve para desmitificar a los héroes": Mónica Lavín. 16 November 2016. Informador. 8 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161108052334/http://www.informador.com.mx/cultura/2011/272317/6/la-literatura-sirve-para-desmitificar-a-los-heroes-monica-lavin.htm. dead.
  16. Web site: Ficcionario. CDMX Ciudad de México. 16 November 2016.
  17. Web site: "Beltrán y Lavín exhiben "Contraseñas" de escritores en nuevo programa". November 6, 2016. Terra.com. November 16, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161116102551/https://entretenimiento.terra.com.mx/beltran-y-lavin-exhiben-contrasenas-de-escritores-en-nuevo-programa,1f7d944a4b5ebf9c4d578ac08479e789ocymgaoz.html. November 16, 2016. dead.
  18. Web site: Pacheco . Adriana . August 7, 2021 . Las contraseñas de Rosa Beltrán y Mónica Lavín . November 27, 2023.
  19. Web site: Mónica Lavín. Schavelzon Graham. Barcelona, Spain. es. 2016.
  20. Web site: February 14, 2019 . Diez novelistas aspiran al III Premio Bienal Mario Vargas Llosa . November 27, 2023 . El Blog de la Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
  21. News: Noroeste Redacción . November 14, 2023 . Para Mario Bojórquez y Mónica Lavín, el Premio Nacional Letras de Sinaloa 2023 . Noroeste . November 15, 2023.
  22. Web site: Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México. November 16, 2016.
  23. Book: La tierra incierta y otros cuentos. November 2012.
  24. News: Alfonso . Vicente . May 26, 2024 . Postales desde el lado salvaje . live . August 15, 2024 . Confabulario / El Universal.
  25. News: El Informador . August 30, 2023 . Suena la "Tonada de un viejo amor" . El Informador . September 10, 2023.
  26. Ruy Sánchez. Alberto. 208. Mónica Lavín: despertar los apetítos. Revista de la Universidad de México.
  27. News: Hotel Limbo, novela sobre el deseo que sólo se cristaliza en la mirada (La Jornada). Montaño Garfías. Ericka.
  28. News: La Jornada. Jiménez. Arturo. October 7, 2010. Mónica Lavín gana el premio Elena Poniatowska. November 16, 2016.
  29. Web site: Entrevista con Mónica Lavín, Revista MilMesetas. Milmesetas. February 26, 2018.
  30. News: La Jornada. Palapa Quijas. Fabiola. December 2, 2011. Mónica Lavín rescata del olvido a muchas mujeres que participaron en la Revolución. November 16, 2016.
  31. News: En Doble Filo, Mónica Lavín recuerda el primer desamor. Ventura. Abida. May 14, 2014. El Universal. November 16, 2016.
  32. http://confabulario.eluniversal.com.mx/cuando-te-hablen-de-amor/
  33. Web site: Agencia EFE.
  34. News: "Todo sobre nosotras" de Mónica Lavín trata la amistad, la memoria y el futuro. October 30, 2019. El Heraldo de México. December 30, 2019.
  35. News: La amistad cambia la vida de las mujeres: Mónica Lavín. Pérez. Carina. October 26, 2019. NVI Noticias. December 30, 2019.
  36. News: En los viñedos del pasado. Salazar. Ileana Olmeda. December 28, 2019. El Universal. December 31, 2019.
  37. Web site: Priego . Teresa . June 13, 2022 . Mónica Lavín "Últimos días de mis padres" . July 25, 2022 . La Silla Rota.
  38. News: El Universal. Aguilar. Yanet. November 16, 2016. Lavín: curiosa por vocación (discussion of book). November 17, 2016.
  39. Web site: Dos en uno. Nolasco. Adrián Figueroa. June 9, 2019. La Crónica de Hoy. September 8, 2019.
  40. Web site: October 11, 2020. La Editora Regional de Extremadura presenta 'Cuentos de ida y vuelta' en la Feria del Libro de Medellín. December 11, 2021. Notimérica.
  41. Web site: Semel. Lindsay. September 27, 2021. What's New in TranslationL September 2021. November 10, 2021. Asymptote.
  42. Web site: September 24, 2021. Thursdays. December 11, 2021. Public Seminar.
  43. Web site: Milkova. Stiliana. November 18, 2021. On the Pleasures of Reading and Translating Women Writers. December 11, 2021. Reading in Translation.

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