Rosa Beltrán

Rosa Beltrán
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Born (1960-03-15) 15 March 1960 (age 62)
Mexico City
NationalityMexican
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico,
University of California, Los Angeles
Notable awardsAcademia Mexicana de la Lengua

Rosa Beltrán (born 15 March 1960) is a Mexican writer, lecturer and academic. On 12 June 12, 2014, she was chosen by the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua to occupy seat 306 in its membership.

Life

Beltrán was born in Mexico City in 1960. She received a degree in Hispanic literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a doctorate in comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is the author of several novels. In 1994, she received an award from the American Association of University Women for her essays on writers of the 20th century. Her work has been translated into English, Italian, French, German, Dutch and Slovenian, and her stories have appeared in anthologies published in Spain, Italy, Holland, Canada, USA and Mexico.

Rosa Beltran (2014)

Beltrán has taught at UCLA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ramon Llull University, University of Colorado, and currently teaches in the graduate program in comparative literature at UNAM. She was deputy director of La Jornada Semanal and is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte. She serves as UNAM's Director of Literature, Coordination of Cultural Diffusion, and has worked for Milenio's cultural supplement, Laberinto.

Awards and honors

  • 1991, Grant, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
  • 1993, Grant, Centro Mexicano de Escritores
  • 1993, Fulbright scholar
  • 1995, Premio Planeta-Joaquín Mortiz de Novela award, for La corte de los ilusos
  • 1997, Young Scholar Award, UNAM
  • 1997, Florence Fishbaum award for her essay América sin americanismos
  • 2011, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz recognition, UNAM

Selected works

  • La corte de los ilusos 1995; Planeta Publishing Corporation, 2010, ISBN 9786070704680
  • Amores que matan, Joaquín Mortiz, 1996; Editorial Planeta Mexicana Sa De cv, 2008, ISBN 9789703707300
  • El paraíso que fuimos, 2002; El Paraíso que fuimos. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México. 27 March 2012. ISBN 978-607-11-1772-4.
  • Alta infidelidad 2006; Alta Infidelidad. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México. 5 May 2012. ISBN 978-607-11-1294-1.
  • Optimistas, Editorial Aldus, 2006, ISBN 9789703510610
  • Efectos secundarios. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México. 1 January 2012. ISBN 978-607-31-0726-6.
  • El cuerpo expuesto (2013)

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