Liliana Blum (born 1974) is a Mexican short story writer. She is one of the first Mexican writers of her generation to be translated into English.

Biography

Liliana Blum was born in

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

, Mexico, in 1974. Blum received her bachelor's degree in Comparative literature from the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

and her master's degree from

Tec de Monterrey Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) ( en, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or just Tec, is a secular and coeducational private university based in ...

. She is the author of the novels ''El monstruo pentápodo'' (Tusquets Editores, 2017) and ''Pandora'' (Tusquets Editores, 2015), as well of the novelle ''Residuos de espanto'' (Ficticia Editores 2013) and the short story collections ''No me pases de largo'' (Literal Publications, 2013), ''Yo sé cuando expira la leche'' (IMAC Durango, 2011), ''El libro perdido de Heinrich Böll'' (Editorial Jus, 2008), ''Vidas de catálogo'' (Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro, 2007), ''¿En qué se nos fue la mañana?'' (Institituto Tamaulipeco para la Cultura y las Artes, 2007), ''La maldición de Eva'' (Ediciones de Barlovento, 2003), and ''The Curse of Eve and Other Stories'' (Host Publications, 2008), translated by Toshiya Kamei. English translations of her stories have appeared in various literary journals, including '' Eclectica'', ''

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'', '' storySouth'', '' Blackbird'', and ''The Dirty Goat''. ''The Curse of Eve and Other Stories'' is Blum's first book to appear in English. It contains 24 stories, most of which have female protagonists. Writers who influenced her work include

Rosario Castellanos Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gend ...

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, and

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. In 2005, her story "Kisses on the Forehead" was selected for '' storySouth''s Million Writers Award Notable Stories.

Bibliography

*''The Curse of Eve and Other Stories'' translated by Toshiya Kamei (Host Publications ; casebound and 978-0-924047-54-1; trade paper)

External links

Blum's blog
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