Daniela Tarazona (born 1975) is a Mexican writer and journalist. She is the winner of the 2022

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (''Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz'') is a literary prize awarded to a book written in Spanish by a female author. It is organized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Me ...

Early life and education

Daniela Tarazona was born on 23 June 1975, in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

, Mexico. She studied

Latin American literature Latin American literature consists of the oral and written literature of Latin America in several languages, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese, and the indigenous languages of the Americas. It rose to particular prominence globally during the ...

at the Universidad Iberoamericana, where she wrote her thesis on Clarice Lispector's ''The'' ''Hour of the Star'', then continued her education at the University of Salamanca.

Career

Tarazona published her first text when she was 26, in a supplement of the ''

Excélsior ''Excélsior'' is a daily newspaper in Mexico City. It is the second oldest paper in the city after '' El Universal'', printing its first issue on March 18, 1917. History ''Excélsior'' was founded by Rafael Alducin and first published in Mexic ...

''. She worked as editor-in-chief for the ''Hoja por hoja'' literary supplement of the ''

Reforma REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, more commonly known as REFORMA, is an affiliate of the American Library Association formed in 1971 to promote library services to Lati ...

''. She has also worked for such magazines as '' Letras Libres'', ''Luvina'', ''Crítica'' y ''Renacimiento'', as well as weekly supplements of ''

Milenio ''Milenio'' is a major national newspaper in Mexico, owned by Grupo Multimedios. It is published in 11 cities across Mexico, including Monterrey, Mexico City, Guadalajara, León, Pachuca, Puebla, Villahermosa, Tampico, Torreón, Toluca, and Xal ...

'' and ''Reforma''. In 2006, she gained a Young Creators grant from

FONCA The National Endowment for Culture and Arts (''Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes,'' FONCA) is a public agency of the Mexican federal government, attached to the National Council for Culture and the Arts (Conaculta). Funding for FONCA comes ...

, which helped her write her first novel, ''El animal sobre la piedra'' (2008). In 2011, she was included in a list of "The 25 Best Kept Secrets in Latin America" at the

Guadalajara International Book Fair The Guadalajara International Book Fair, better known as the FIL (from its Spanish name: Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara) is the largest book fair in the Americas, and second-largest book fair in the world after Frankfurt's. It is als ...

. Her second novel, ''El beso de la liebre'' (2013) was shortlisted for the Casa de las Américas Prize. In 2022, her novel ''Isla partida'' won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize. Her works have been translated into Italian, English, French and Czech.

Works

Novels

* ''El animal sobre la piedra'', 2008 * ''El beso de la liebre'', 2013 * ''Isla partida'', 2021

Essays

* ''Clarice Lispector'', 2009 * ''Clarice Lispector. La mirada en el jardín'', 2020

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarazona, Daniela 1975 births Living people 21st-century Mexican women writers 21st-century Mexican journalists 21st-century women journalists Mexican women novelists Writers from Mexico City Universidad Iberoamericana alumni University of Salamanca alumni