Veronica Gonzalez Peña Explained

Veronica Gonzalez Peña is an American writer and filmmaker, and is a faculty member at Stetson University, Florida.^[1]

Biography

In 2006 she founded rockypoint Press, a series of artist/writer collaborative prints, books, and films.^[2]

Gonzalez Peña's 2007 novel twin time: or how death befell me won the Premio Aztlán Literary Prize in 2008.^{[3] [4] [5]} Her book on the Mexican drug war, So Far From God was part of the semiotext(e) exhibition in the 2014 Whitney Biennial.^[6]  

Since 2013, Gonzalez Peña has moved into increasingly performative work, writing scripts for films she directs and produces. Her first play, Neck of the Woods,^[7] premiered in Manchester 2015, and starred Charlotte Rampling and Hélène Grimaud. Her films include On Becoming, with Michael Silverblatt, Chris Kraus, and Hedi El Kholti and Cordelia, with Michel Auder, Pat Steir, and Alice Zimmerman. Her documentary Pat Steir: Artist premiered at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's New York Jewish Film Festival in 2019.^{[8] [9] [10]} She is currently working on a documentary about Lawrence Weiner.

Bibliography

• Juncture, 2003 (Soft Skull Press).
• twin time: or, how death befell me, 2007 (Semiotext(e)).
• The Sad Passions, 2013 (Semiotext(e)). ^{[11] [12] [13]}
• So Far From God, 2014 (Semiotext(e)). ^[14]

Filmography

• Like a Shadow (2013), 38 minutes
• On Becoming (2014), 49 minutes
• Cordelia (2015), 75 minutes
• Pat Steir: Artist (2019), 74 minutes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faculty and Staff. www.stetson.edu. 2020-02-23.
2. Web site: Veronica Gonzalez Peña. MIT Press. en. 2020-02-23.
3. News: Twin Time. Oprah.com. 2020-02-18. en-us.
4. Web site: 2007 Believer Book Awards. 2008-05-01. Believer Magazine. en-US. 2020-02-18.
5. Web site: Premio Aztlán Literary Prize Winners. www.goodreads.com. 2020-02-18.
6. Web site: Semiotext(e). whitney.org. en. 2020-02-18.
7. News: Sulcas. Roslyn. Wolves, Woods and Magic at Manchester. 2015-07-09. The New York Times. 2020-02-18. en-US. 0362-4331.
8. Web site: The Flow of Chance: Pat Steir's 'Waterfall' Paintings. Tóibín. Colm. 2019-05-11. The New York Review of Books. en. 2020-02-18.
9. News: Sheets. Hilarie M.. Pat Steir Gets Discovered, Again. 2019-01-18. The New York Times. 2020-02-18. en-US. 0362-4331.
10. Web site: Pat Steir: Artist. Film at Lincoln Center. en. 2020-02-18.
11. Web site: 'The Sad Passions' paints haunting tale of loss and art. 2013-05-24. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2020-02-18.
12. Web site: A Ladymass in the Distrito Federal: Veronica Gonzalez Peña's "The Sad Passions". Locascio. Lisa. Los Angeles Review of Books. 13 June 2013 . 2020-02-18.
13. News: The Sad Passions. Oprah.com. 2020-02-18. en-us.
14. Web site: So Far From God by Veronica Gonzalez Peña. scottmanleyhadley. 2018-11-16. Triumph Of The Now. en. 2020-02-18.