Alberto Ruy-Sánchez

Alberto Ruy-Sánchez, 2018

Alberto Ruy-Sánchez Lacy (born December 7, 1951 in Mexico City ) is one of the most renowned contemporary Mexican writers .

Life

After studying information and communication sciences at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, he lived in Paris from 1975 to 1982, where he studied under Roland Barthes , Gilles Deleuze and Jacques Rancière . a. in the fields of film and philosophy and received his doctorate in 1980. Since then, Ruy Sánchez has worked as a writer and editor. From 1984 to 1986 he was the editorial secretary of the legendary "Vuelta" magazine published by Octavio Paz . Since 1988 he has been editor of the renowned art magazine Artes de México and director of the publishing house of the same name in Mexico City. The literature that influenced Ruy Sánchez included the novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac, as well as the works of Herman Melville, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, and Robert Frost. Ruy Sánchez has published almost 20 works so far that have been translated into different languages, including a. into French and Arabic. His first novel Los nombres del aire (t: The names of the air ) was awarded the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexico's most important literary prize, in 1987, in the year it was published, and has since been considered a cult book that is reprinted every year. The short novel describes the awakening desire of a young Muslim woman and her restless forays through the city of Mogador in search of erotic fulfillment. Ruy Sánchez combines elements of magical realism with Arabic mysticism and conjures up a mood of sensuality and spirituality in everyday Islamic life. Mogador is the old name of the city of Essaouira on the Moroccan Atlantic coast and forms the imaginary center of the narrative labyrinth in Ruy Sánchez's work, to which he repeatedly returns in later stories, e.g. B. in De cómo llegó a Mogador la Melancolía (1999, t: How melancholy came to Mogador). In his constant circles around the city of Mogador, Ruy Sánchez tries to reconstruct the Arab roots of Hispanic culture and identity in a fictitious way. In addition to novels and short stories, Ruy Sánchez has also published poetry, including a haiku cycle and extensive collections of essays. His work on literature, art, philosophy, eroticism and film has earned him the reputation of "one of the best essayists in Mexico" (Octavio Paz). In German, Ruy Sánchez's 1991 monograph Octavio Paz: Leben und Werk is also an excellent monograph . published. The author lives in Mexico City.

Works

Novels

• 1987. Los nombres del aire.
• 1996. En los labios del agua
• 1998. De agua y Aire. Disco.
• 2001. Los jardines secretos de Mogador.
• 2005. Nueve veces el asombro.

Volumes of short stories, short stories

• 1987. Los demonios de la lengua.
• 1994. Cuentos de Mogador.
• 1999. De cómo llegó a Mogador la melancolía.
• 2001. La huella del grito.

Essay volumes, non-fiction books

• 1981. Mitology de un cine en crisis.
• 1988. Al filo de las hojas.
• 1990. Una introducción a Octavio Paz .
• 1991. Tristeza de la verdad: André Gide regresa de Rusia.
• 1992. Ars de cuerpo entero.
• 1995. Con la Literatura en el cuerpo .
• 1997. Diálogos con mis fantasmas.
• 1999. Aventuras de la mirada.
• 2000. Cuatro escritores rituales.

Poetry

• 1990. La inaccesible.

Awards

• 1987: Xavier Villaurrutia Prize for his novella Los nombres del aire
• 1988: Member of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation , New York
• 1991: José Fuentes Mares Literature Prize from the New Mexico State University and the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez for Una introducción a Octavio Paz
• 1993: Honorary member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte , Mexico
• 1998: Honorary Citizen of Louisville, Kentucky
• 1999: Honorary Member of the Mu Epsilon Chapter of the National Hispanic Society Sigma , Delta, Pi, United States
• 1999: “ Kentucky Colonel, ” awarded by the Governor of Kentucky
• 2000: “Prix des Trois Continents” ( Prize of the Three Continents ) for the French edition of En los labios del agua
• 2001: Officer des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , awarded by the French government
• 2002: Honorary captain of the historic steamship "La belle de Louisville"
• 2003: Cálamo Prize, the Cálamo Library and the University of Saragossa for Los Jardines Secretos de Mogador , Spain
• 2005: Grand National Medal of Honor for Author Merit awarded by the National Institute for Authors' Rights, Mexico
• 2006: Excelencia de lo Nuestro Prize from the Fundación México Unido , Mexico
• 2006: Juan Pablos Prize for editorial services from the Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana (CANAIEM), Mexico

literature

• Padilla, Ignacio. Claves para La Crítica en Premiera persona propuesta por Alberto Ruy Sánchez , Universidad Iberoamericana, México, 1993.
• Monges Nicolau, Graciela. Hacia una Hermenéutica del deseo. Lectura de tres novelas de Alberto Ruy Sánchez. Universidad Iberoamericana. Colección Alter Texto. México, 2004.
• Buyssens, Emmanuelle. Ecritures Saturnales. Le défi poétique de Alberto Ruy Sánchez. Pris au mot, Paris et Quebec, 2002.
• Ortiz Domínguez, Efrén et al. Alberto Ruy Sánchez: oasis en la narrativa mexicana. Texto Crítico 13. Universidad Veracruzana, Jalapa, 2003.

Web links

• Alberto Ruy-Sánchez website , Spanish
• American Authors Guild website
• CONACULTA website - INBA Alberto Ruy-Sánchez as Writer of the Month for Life, [/ A] Spanish, Elda García.
• An interview in Spanish for El Universal . By Sandra Licona. Are you a literary pop star?
• In Words Without Borders, a fragment of The secret Gardens of Mogador: The Garden of Voices. Translated by Rhonda Dhal Buchanan.
• Also in Words Without Borders, The Voices of the Earth. Translated by Rhonda Dhal Buchanan.
• Literature by and about Alberto Ruy-Sánchez in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mexican Author: Ecrivain mexicain . Alberto Ruy-Sanchez. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
2. ↑ Artes de México, numbers 70 and 76, 2004 and 2005, Mexico.
3. ↑ In ArabAmericas, Literary entanglements of the American Hemisphere and the Arab World, edited by Ottmar Ette. Bibliotheca IberoAmericana, 110, Vervuert Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2006, pages 261-275.
4. ^ ^{A b} Juan Goytisolo, Xemaá-El Fná, Patrimonio oral de la Humanidad, Galaxia Gutemberg, Barcelona, ​​1997.
5. ^ Nine bonsai . Angelfire.com. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
6. ↑ CUADERNO. ABIERTO Como Un Cuerpo . Albertoruysanchez.blogspot.com. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Ars: Critica Sobre Sus Libros . Angelfire.com. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
8. ↑ Ruy Sánchez . literaturainba.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
9. ↑ Hay patologías que ayudan a vivir: Alberto Ruy Sánchez - El Universal - Cultura . El Universal. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
10. ↑ Article - The Garden of Voices . Words Without Borders. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
11. ↑ Article - from The Secret Gardens of Mogador: Voices of the Earth . Words Without Borders. Retrieved June 19, 2010.