Ana Clavel

Ana Clavel
Ana Clavel
Ana Clavel
Born (1961-12-16) December 16, 1961 (age 62)
Mexico City, Mexico

Ana V. Clavel (born December 16, 1961, in Mexico City)[1] is a Mexican writer. She received a bachelor's degree in Hispanic Language and Literature and master's in Latin American Literature from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[2][3]

Her more recent novels have incorporated multimedia elements, such as art and photography installations and video performance.[4]

Awards and honors

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Awards for Clavel's writing[2]
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1983 En un rincón del infierno CREA National Short Story Award Winner
1983 Tu bella boca rojo carmesí UNAM Great Ideas Story Contest Winner
1991 Cuando María mira el mar Gilberto Owen National Literature Prize Winner
1999 Los deseos y su sombra Alfaguara International Novel Award Finalist
2004 Sociéte Académique “Arts-Scienses-Lettres” Silver
2005 Las violetas son flores del deseo Juan Rulfo Short Novel Award (Prix Juan Rulfo) Winner [3]
2013 Las ninfas a veces sonríen Elena Poniatowska Ibero-American Novel Prize Winner

Publications

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Novels

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  • Los deseos y su sombra (in Spanish). 1999.
  • Las Violetas son flores del deseo (in Spanish). Alfaguara. 2002. ISBN 9789705800535.
  • Cuerpo náufrago (in Spanish). Alfaguara. 2005. ISBN 9789707702318.
  • El dibujante de sombras (in Spanish). Alfaguara. 2010. ISBN 9786071103000.
  • Nochebuena en tu cuerpo (in Spanish). Tusquets Editores. 2011. ISBN 9786074212976.
  • Las ninfas a veces sonríen (in Spanish). Alfaguara. 2013. ISBN 9786071123428.
  • El amor es hambre (in Spanish). Alfaguara. 2015. ISBN 9786073131254.
  • Por desobedecer a sus padres. Alfaguara. 2022. ISBN 9786073821872.[5]

Anthology contributions

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  • Mayo, Eduardo Jiménez; Brown, Chris N., eds. (2012). "Three Messages and a Warning in the Same Email". Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic. Small Beer Press. ISBN 9781931520317.
  • Anuncios clasificados (in Spanish). Ediciones Cal y Arena. 2013. ISBN 9786077638872.

Short story collections

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References

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  1. ^ "Mexican author Ana Clavel wins Ibero-American novel prize". El Reportero. October 28, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Ana Clavel". Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  3. ^ a b "Ana Clavel" (in French). Christopher Lucquin.
  4. ^ Ihrie, Maureen; Oropesa, Salvador (2011). World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia. p. 210. ISBN 978-0313080838.
  5. ^ Maristain, Mónica (2022-10-25). "En los 70 había una creencia de que la Revolución nos iba a hacer justicia a todos: Ana Clavel". Casa Universitaria del Libro (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-01.