Ángeles Mastretta
Ángeles Mastretta (born October 9, 1949 in Puebla , Mexico ) is a Mexican poet and novelist.
Life
Mastretta received her doctorate in communication studies from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and worked as an editor on radio, television and several magazines until 1985. She is married with two children and lives in Mexico City .
Her first book publication was in 1975 the volume of poetry La pájara pinta . Several novels have followed since then. Mexican tango , women with big eyes , Emilia and husbands were translated into German. For "Mexican Tango" she was awarded the prestigious Premio Mazatlán literary prize, and for "Emilia" she was the first woman to receive the Rómulo Gallegos Prize .
Publications
- La pájara pinta (1975)
- Arráncame la vida, Ediciones Océano, Mexico, DF Mexico 1986.
- German: Mexikanischer Tango, Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-518-38287-X
- Mujeres de ojos grandes (1990), German: Women with big eyes (1992)
- Puerto Libre (1993)
- Mal de amores (1996), German: Emilia (1998)
- El mundo iluminado (1998)
- Ninguna eternidad como la mía (1999)
- El cielo de los leones (2003)
- Maridos (2007), German: Husbands (2009)
- La emoción de las cosas (2012)
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Web links
- Suhrkamp author portrait
- Literature by and about Ángeles Mastretta in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mastretta, Ángeles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican poet and novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Puebla , Mexico |