Mónica Lavín
Mónica Lavín (born August 22, 1955) is a Mexican author of six books of short stories, notable among them ''Ruby Tuesday no ha muerto'' (1996 recipient of the Gilberto Owen National Literary Prize); ''Uno no sabe'' (2003, finalist for the Antonin Artaud award); and her most recent collection, ''La corredora de Cuemanco y el aficionado a Schubert'' (Punto de Lectura, 2008). In addition she was awarded the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-American Novel Prize for her work ''Yo, la peor'' (2010). Her novel ''Cuando te hablen de amor'' (2017) was a finalist for the 2019 Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Prize for the Novel. She is a member of the
Sistema Nacional de Creadores (FONCA), was a teacher for the
SOGEM Writers’ School, and is currently a professor in the Creative Writing Department of the
Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México in México City.
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