Marina Perezagua is a novelist and writer in Spanish.
Life
Perezagua was born in
Seville, Spain. She graduated in Art History from the
University of Seville and the Universitá Degli Studi di Padova. She obtained her PhD in philology in the United States and later on she became a professor of language, literature, history and Latin American cinema at the
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...
. Afterwards she worked for two years at the
Instituto Cervantes de
Lyon. She has three masters degrees and one doctorate.
She enjoys open swimming and she has completed the 14 mile crossing of the
Straits of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar ( ar, مضيق جبل طارق, Maḍīq Jabal Ṭāriq; es, Estrecho de Gibraltar, Archaic: Pillars of Hercules), also known as the Straits of Gibraltar, is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Medit ...
.
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Perezagua lives in New York and works as Distinguished Professor in Residence at New York University. Her 2013 collection of stories, ''Leche'', was illustrated by a water colour by the painter ]Walton Ford
Walton Ford (born 1960 in Larchmont, New York) is an American artist who makes paintings and prints in the style of naturalist illustrations, often depicting extinct species. Each of his paintings is a meticulous, realistic study in flora and fa ...
.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 ...
El País
''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA.
It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
.
The English translation of her 2018 book "The Story of H"[ was recommended by Vanity Fair and Forges.
]
Published books
- ''Criaturas Abisales'' (Los Libros del Lince, 2011)
- ''Leche'' (Los libros del Lince, 2013)[
- ''Yoro'' (Los libros del Lince, 2015)
- ''Don Quijote de Manhattan'' (Malpaso, 2016)
- ''Story of H'' (2018)]
References
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Writers from Seville
University of Seville alumni
Living people
Spanish women short story writers
Spanish short story writers
New York University faculty
1978 births
21st-century Spanish women writers