 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Biography
- Mónica Lavín Mónica Lavín is a writer. Born in Mexico City in 1955, she is the author of several short story collections and novels. She was awarded the Gilberto Owen Literary National Prize in 1996 for her short stories book Ruby Tuesday no ha muerto (Editorial Diana-Difocur, 1997) and the Colima Narrative Prize for best published work in 2001 for her novel Café cortado (Plaza&Janés, 2001) which will soon be published by the University of Wisconsin Press in the collection The Americas. Her short story collection Uno no sabe (Plaza&Janés, 2003) was finalist for the Antonin Artaud literary prize. Her book for young readers La más faulera (Plaza&Janés, 1998) -about a basket ball girl player in Mexico City- (Plaza&Janés, 1998) has undergone several editions and is a recommended reading for teen agers. Her book Leo luego escribo. Ideas para disfrutar la lectura (Lectorum, 1998) was selected to become part of the Mexican public schools libraries. She has been an editor, radio broadcaster, journalist for several magazines and newspapers, scriptwriter for TV documentaries. She has been a creative writing teacher for several years. At present she is a professor at the School of writers of the Mexican writers guild society (SOGEM). Her stories appear in several anthologies in Mexico, Italy (Stampa Alternativa), Canada (Exile Editions), US (San Diego State University, Illinois Triquarterly magazine) and in the web (Ficticia and University of Laval). She appears in the Mexican subway editions "Para leer de boleto en el metro" . She is the editor of a collection of stories from Mexican authors born in the fifties and sixties published by City Lights in San Francisco, in 2000: Points of Departure, new short stories from Mexico. She has traveled
offering conferences, courses and book presentations inside her
country and in the US, Canada and Italy. She belongs to the National System of Creators in Mexico. © Mónica Lavin |