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Guillermo Schmidhuber de la Mora (born 1943, Mexico city) is a Mexican author, playwright, and critic.


Career

Among his most notable works are: ''Obituary'', ''The Useless Heroes'', ''The Heirs of Segismund'', ''The Secret Friendship of Juana and Dorothy'', and ''Never Say Adiós to Columbus''. His novel ''Women of the Tequila Volcano'' was published simultaneously in Argentina and Mexico. He has published several books on Mexican theatre, especially on the works of
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and
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. As a playwright he has won several prizes, including the Letras de Oro for best work in Spanish written in the United States (University of Miami 1987), and the National Award of Theatre by the Mexican government (INBA 1980). His plays have been translated into German, French and English. He was professor at the
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and the
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from 1986 to 1993. He is currently a professor at the
University of Guadalajara The University of Guadalajara ( es, Universidad de Guadalajara) is a public higher education institution in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The university has several high schools as well as graduate and undergraduate campuses, which are distr ...
, the second largest university in Mexico. He helped discover two previously lost texts of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; one of them, ''The Second Celestina'', was published with a prologue by Octavio Paz. From 1995 to 2001 he served as the Cultural Attaché for the Mexican state of
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Selected work

Schmidhuber's bibliography covers 120 books or chapters. Some of his writings are: * ''Familias paterna y materna de sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Hallazgos Documentales'', CARSO Center for the Study of Mexican History, Carlos Slim Foundation, 2016; * ''Elena Garro: un Oximorón Transfigurado en Mujer,'' co-authored with Olga Martha Peña Doria, Editorial Dunken (es), 2015; ; * ''América latina y Europa: Espacios Compartidos en el Teatro Contemporáneo,'' "Crónica de un Alejamiento: el Teatro Español y el Mexicano 1939–2000," Madrid: Visor Libros, 2015; * ''Finjamos Que Soy Feliz'' (novel),
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: Editorial del Estado de México, 2014; * ''Entre vuestras plumas ando Textos Sobre Guillermo Schmidhuber,''
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: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2013. * ''Amigos de Sor Juana: Sexteto Biográfico:'' :: "Juan de Guevara, colaborador" :: "Antonio Núñez de Miranda, confesor. Testamento místico," by Antonio Núñez de Miranda :: "Protesta de la fe y renovación de votos," of sor Juana Inés de al Cruz :: "Diego Calleja, biógrafo. El zurriago," by Luis de Salazar y Castro :: "Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz, catalizador" :: "Juan Ignacio de Castorena, editor" :: "Dorothy Schons, primera crítica" :
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: Instituto Mexiquense de Cultural, 2014. * De Juana Inés de Asuaje a Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: El libro de las profesiones del Convento de San Jerónimo. Toluca: Editorial del Instituto de Cultura Mexiquense del Gobierno del Estado de México, 2013. * Con la coautoría de Olga Martha Peña Doria; La Revolución y el Nacionalismo en el teatro mexicano. Guadalajara: Universidad de Guadalajara, 2013. Con la coautoría de Olga Martha Peña Doria. * "El dramaturgo mexicano Rodolfo Usigli en Biblioteca Cervantes Virtual," en Representaciones y acontecimientos. Argentina: Ediciones Galerna, 2013; Dorothy Schons, la primera sorjuanista. Argentina: DUNKEN, 2012. * Indagaciones sobre la comedia perdida de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: La Segunda Celestina. España-Alemania: Editorial Académica Española EAE, 2012. * "El final de sor Juana y sus cinco últimos escritos," en El español, integrador de culturas. USA: Editorial Orbis Press, 2012. * Retratos teatrales: cinco obras de Teatro de Guillermo Schmidhuber: En busca de un hogar sólido I y II: Obituario; Alcanzar el unicornio; Travesía hacia la libertad; y ¿Quién cabalga el caballo de Troya? Monterrey: Editorial de la Universidad de Nuevo León, 2012. * "Una Dramaturgia que Corre el Riesgo del Teatro," La vuelta al signo. Análisis discursivos y semióticos actuales de la literatura mexicana. Guadalajara: Universidad de Guadalajara, 2012. * Travesía a la libertad, en Literatura dramática contemporánea de Jalisco, Tomo I. Guadalajara: Secretaría de Cultura del gobierno de Estado de Jalisco, 2012. * Encubrimientos y silencios en contra de Juana Inés de Asuaje/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, en Reflexiones en torno a la escritura femenina. México: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, y Universidad de Guadalajara, 2011. * Toponimia literaria en tres ensayos. Alemania: Editorial Académica Española, 2011. * Los cinco últimos escritos de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Toluca, México: Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, 2011. * Segunda Edición; "Dramasutra o Farsa del Diablo dramaturgo," en Teatro mexicano contemporáneo. Argentina: Emergentes editorial, 2010. Con un estudio preliminar de Olga Martha Peña Doria. * "Una dramaturgia que corre el riesgo del teatro," en Búsquedas y discursos. Buenos Aires: Grupo de Estudios del Teatro Argentino e Iberoamericano y Galerna, 2010. Editor Osvando Pelletieri. pp. 131–136. * "Prólogo a Posturas nacionalistas en el teatro mexicano" (1921-1939), de Pablo Parga Parga. Zacatecas: Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, 2010. * "Teatro de caníbales versus teatro de colegas: armonía y desarmonía en el teatro mexicano," en Ensayos sobre literatura mexicana II. Guadalajara: Universidad de Guadalajara, 2010. pp. 47–56. * "Teatro visionario: Juan Bustillo Oro y Mauricio Magdaleno," en Visiones contemporáneas sobre literatura mexicana. Guadalajara: Universidad de Guadalajara, 2010. pp. 91–98. * "Mi amiga Elena Garro," en En torno a la convención y la novedad. Buenos Aires: Galerna y Fundación Roberto Arlt, 2009. 105–111. * "Jalisco. Del origen a la globalización." México: Plaza y Valdés, 2009. * "Las ideas de la revolución mexicana en dos obras de Rodolfo Usigli: El gesticulador y Las madres, en El español, baluarte del humanismo: Literatura, lengua y cultura. Estados Unidos: Asociación Hispánica de Humanidades, 2009. * Los cinco últimos escritos de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Toluca, México: Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, 2008.


Family

Guillermo Schmidhuber is the son of Guillermo Schmidhuber y Martínez (1913–1945) and Josefina de la Mora y Peña (1913–1990). He lives in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, Mexico, where he continues writing plays and articles in the company of his wife and three children.


Notes and references


General citations

  1. ''Dictionary of Mexican Literature'' (search term: "G. Schmidhuber"), Eladio Cortés (ed.),
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    (1992);
  2. ''Sueños: Aproximaciones a la Dramaturgia de Guillermo Schmidhuber,'' by Lourdes Betanzos,
    Ediciones Universal Ediciones Universal is a publishing house founded in Miami, Florida, USA, in 1965 by Juan Manuel and Marta O. Salvat. The biggest publishing house among the Cuban exile community, it is largely dedicated to publishing material critical of the commu ...
    (2006);
  3. "El armario de las abuelas de Guillermo Schmidhuber de la Mora: Articulación de la imagen femenina en una genealogía de mujeres" (en Antología crítica del teatro breve hispanoamericano, 1948–1993), by Magda Castellvi de Moor, ''Antología Crítica del Teatro Breve Hispanoamericano,'' Medellín (publisher), Colombia: University of Antioquia, 1997, pps. 321–327;
  4. "Burdensome Heritages in Los Herederos de Segimuno," by Denise M. DiPuccio, ''Revista de Literatura Latinoamerciana,'' Vol. 19, No 2 (November 1990): 43–50;
  5. "El Valor de la Libertad en el Teatro de Guillermo Schmidhuber de la Mora," by Christine D. Martines, ''Latin American Theater Review,'' Vol 24, No. 1 (Fall 1990): 29–39;
  6. "Hablar del Teatro: Repeticióon y Espejismo," by Bonnie Hildebrand Reynolds, ''Revista del Ateneo Puertorriqueño,'' Vol 3, No. 9 (September 1993): 169–177; "¿El teatro riñe con la política en Por las Tierras de Colón?,"
    by Lady Rojas-Tempe, ''Latin American Theatre Review,'' Vol. 25, No. 1 (Fall 1991): pps. 115–122;


Inline citations


External links


Website of Guillermo Schmidhuber de la Mora
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