Bárbara Jacobs (born 19 October 1947) is a Mexican writer, poet, essayist and translator.

Life

Born in Mexico City in 1947, Jacobs grew up in a home where five languages were spoken. Her grandparents were Lebanese Jewish and Lebanese Maronites. After attending school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, she returned to Mexico and received a degree in psychology from the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

. From 1974 to 1977, Jacobs taught and conducted research at the

College of Mexico A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering v ...

. Beginning in 1970, Jacobs has published stories and essays in literary magazines and supplements. Her novel, '' Las hojas muertas '' (Dead leaves; 1987), received the Xavier Villaurrutia Award, and has been translated into English, Italian and Portuguese. It was also a selection of the Secretariat of Public Education. Some of Jacobs' works have been published in collective anthologies in Castilian, English, French, Italian and German. Her books have been published in Mexico, US, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Italy. Jacobs was married to the writer

Augusto Monterroso Augusto Monterroso Bonilla (December 21, 1921 - February 7, 2003) was a Honduran writer who adopted Guatemalan nationality, known for the ironical and humorous style of his short stories. He is considered an important figure in the Latin Americ ...

(died, 2003), who was the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature laureate in 2000. She donated his work to the University of Oviedo.

Honors

*1987, Xavier Villaurrutia Award *1992–93, Scholarship, National Foundation for Culture and Arts (Mexico) *1993, AT&T Fellow, International Writing Program, University of Iowa

Selected works

;Stories *''Un justo acuerdo'', La Máquina de Escribir, 1979 *''Doce cuentos en contra'', Martín Casillas, 1982, ;Novels *''Las hojas muertas'', Era, 1987; < **''The Dead Leaves'', Curbstone Press, 1993, *''Las siete fugas de Saab, alias el Rizos'', Alfaguara / CONCAULTA, Botella al Mar, 1992, *''Vida con mi amigo'', Alfaguara, Madrid, 1994, *''Adiós humanidad,'' Alfaguara, 2000. *''Florencia y ruiseñor'', Alfaguara 2006. * ;Essays *''Escrito en el tiempo'', Era, 1985, *''Juego limpio'' (ensayos y apostillas), Alfaguara, 1997, *''Dos libros'', Alfaguara, 2000, *''Atormentados'', Alfaguara, 2002 ;Anthology *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Barbara 1947 births Living people Mexican women novelists Mexican women poets Mexican essayists Mexican translators 20th-century Mexican writers Writers from Mexico City National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Academic staff of El Colegio de México Mexican Maronites Mexican Sephardi Jews Mexican people of Lebanese descent Mexican people of Lebanese-Jewish descent 20th-century Mexican women writers 20th-century translators 20th-century essayists