Paloma Villegas (born 1951) is a Mexican writer and translator and winner of the prestigious

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 ...

for her 2004 novel, ''Agosto y fuga'' (''August Escape''). She has translated over 20 books into Spanish.

Biography

Paloma Villegas was born 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 ...

in 1951. She studied Spanish language and literature at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of 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 ...

, and worked as a professor at the Autonomous Metropolitan University. She on the editorial board of ''Cuadernos Político'', and has been a member of since 1988. She has been a literary critic for various magazines and cultural supplements. She won the 2005

for ''Agosto y fuga''. She has translated numerous books in Mexico and Spain.

Bibliography

* ''Mapas'' (1981), , a book of poetry * ''La luz oblicua'' (1995), * ''Agosto y fuga'' (2004),

References

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