Sara Sefchovich (born ''Sara Sefchovich Wasongarz''; April 2, 1949 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 ...

) is a Mexican writer.

Biography

She studied

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at 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 ...

(UNAM), earning a

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in 1987 and a

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in 2005 in

History of Mexico The written history of Mexico spans more than three millennia. First populated more than 13,000 years ago, central and southern Mexico (termed Mesoamerica) saw the rise and fall of complex indigenous peoples of Mexico, indigenous civilizations ...

. Later, she also did research at the Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales ("Institute of Social Research") of the institution. She has written articles for the magazines '' Fem'', '' Revista Mexicana de Sociología'', ''Cuadernos de Comunicación'', ''Los Universitarios'', ''Revista de la Universidad de México'', ''Casa del Tiempo'', ''La Semana de Bellas Artes'', ''La Cultura en México'', ''Sábado'' and the newspapers ''

La Jornada ''La Jornada'' (''The Working Day'') is one of Mexico City's leading daily newspapers. It was established in 1984 by Carlos Payán Velver. The current editor ''(directora general)'' is Carmen Lira Saade. ''La Jornada'' has presence in eight sta ...

'' and '' El Universal''. Her first novel ''Demasiado amor'' earned her the

Agustín Yáñez Agustín Yáñez Delgadillo (May 4, 1904 in Guadalajara, Jalisco – January 17, 1980 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco and Secretary of Public Education during Gustavo Díaz Ordaz's presidenc ...

Award in 1990 and was adapted in 2002 into the film of the same name starring

Ari Telch Ari Telch (born May 7, 1962) is a Mexican actor best known for his work in telenovelas and the stage. Early life and career Ari Telch Benforado was born to a Jewish family and started acting career with the role of a Jewish boy in ''El violinist ...

. She has also written ''La señora de los sueños'' (1993) and ''La suerte de la consorte'' (1999). In 1995 she participated in the homage to

Luis Spota Luis Mario Cayetano Spota Saavedra Ruotti Castañares (13 July 1925, Mexico City — 20 January 1985) was a Mexican writer, journalist, boxing official and film director. Although he never finished primary school, Spota became a highly successful ...

at the

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with other prominent writers such as Jaime Labastida, Elda Peralta,

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and

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n writer

Lisandro Otero Lisandro Otero González (June 4, 1932 – January 3, 2008) was a Cuban novelist and journalist. Background Born in Havana, Cuba, Otero won Cuba's National Prize in Literature in 2002 and was the director of Cuban Academy of Language from October ...

Awards

Award (1990) * Plural de Ensayo Award (1989) *

Gabino Barreda Gabino Barreda (born Puebla, 1818 – died Mexico City 1881) was a Mexican physician and philosopher oriented to French positivism. After participating in the Mexican–American War defending his country as a volunteer, he studied medicine in ...

Medal by the UNAM (1989)

Works

Books

*'' Vivir la vida'' (2000), *'' La suerte de la consorte'' (1999; 2002, second edition), *'' La señora de los sueños'' (1993), *'' Demasiado amor'' (1990), *'' País de Mentiras'' (2009),

Essays

* ''Veinte preguntas ciudadanas a la mitad más visible de la pareja presidencial con todo y sus respuestas (también ciudadanas)'' (2004) * ''La teoría de la literatura de Luckacs'' (1978) * ''Ideología y ficción en la obra de

'' (1985) * ''México: país de ideas, país de novelas (una sociología de la literatura mexicana)'' (1987)

Translations

* ''El patriarcado capitalista y la situación del feminismo socialista'' (1980) of Zilla H. Eisenstein.

External links

*
Her personal website
*

*

at the

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*
Resume
* *
Escritoras judiomexicanas contemporaneas
' ("Jewish Mexican contemporary female writers"), a book about Sefchovich and other writers *

with mention of the Luis Spota homage *
Gender and Identity Formation in Contemporary Mexican Literature
' at

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, a critique on the narrative strategies and representational devices used by Sefchovich and other Mexican writers *
Interview
to Sefchovich in regards to Martha Sahagún and the essay about her as the wife of

Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Fox was elec ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sefchovich, Sarah 1949 births Living people Jewish women writers Mexican people of Russian-Jewish descent 20th-century Mexican historians Mexican women novelists Mexican Jews Writers from Mexico City National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni National Autonomous University of Mexico faculty El Colegio de México alumni Mexican women historians