Carlos Monsiváis
Carlos Monsiváis (born May 4, 1938 in Mexico City , † June 19, 2010 ibid) was a Mexican journalist , columnist , essayist , critic and historian .
Life
Monsiváis studied economics and philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México . His works, some of them marked by an ironic undertone, show a deep understanding of the roots and development of the culture of the Mexican people.
He was mainly used in the newspaper El Universal operates, but also wrote political columns for other leading newspapers. He was considered the opinion leader of the progressive thinking intellectuals of Mexico.
bibliography
- Anthologies
- La poesía mexicana del siglo XX (1966)
- La poesía mexicana II, 1914-1979 (1979)
- La poesía mexicana III (1985)
- Biographies
- Frida Kahlo: Una vida, una obra (1992)
- Contemporary witness reports
- Principios y potestades (1969)
- Días de guardar (1971)
- Amor perdido (1976)
- De qué se ríe el licenciado (1984)
- Entrada libre, crónicas de la sociedad que se organiza (1987)
- Escenas de pudor y liviandad (1988)
- Los rituales del caos (1995)
- Essays
- Características de la cultura nacional (1969)
- Historias para temblar: 19 de septiembre de 1985 (1988)
- Yo te Bendigo Vida (2002)
- stories
- Nuevo catecismo para indios remisos (1982)
Awards
- 1977: Premio Nacional de Periodismo for the contemporary witness report Siempre!
- 1989: Premio Mazatlán de Literatura for Escenas de pudor y liviandad.
- 1995: Premio Xavier Villaurrutia for Rituales del caos
- 1998: Prince Claus Prize
- 2000: Premio Anagrama de Ensayo for the essay collection Aires de familia. Cultura y sociedad en América Latina .
- 2005: Premio nacional de Ciencias y Artes de México in the category "Lingüística y Literatura"
- 2006: Juan Rulfo Prize
Web links
Commons : Carlos Monsiváis - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Carlos Monsiváis in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Carlos Monsiváis in the German Digital Library
- Monsiváis.com biography, selected articles and interviews (Spanish)
- Literature by and about Carlos Monsiváis in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prince Claus Prize Winner, 1998 ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Carlos Monsiváis gana premio nacional de Ciencias y Artes de México. In: Letralia. October 17, 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monsiváis, Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican journalist, columnist, essayist, critic, and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico City , Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 2010 |
| Place of death | Mexico City , Mexico |