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Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny is a novelist and short story writer born in
Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny is a novelist and short story writer born in Hermosillo
Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's ...
, Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
, Mexico
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, in 1973. She studied Hispanic literature at the and began her career as a teacher, at the . She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. She learned to write through workshops given by other authors such as Abigael Bohórquez, Héctor Manjarrez, David Martín del Cammpo and Cristina Rivera-Garza. Her works have appeared in ''Altanoche'', ''La Tempestad'', ''Las Hojas de la Mancuspia'', ''Milenio'', ''Néctar y Picnic'' and a large number of magazines.
Her work has won in 2003, the in 2005, and an honorable mention in the in 2000. Her 2023 novel ''Trash'' was shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction.
Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny is a fiction writer, translator, and professor at the University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public university, public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1913 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy, it is the third oldest academic component of the Univers ...
(UTEP). She teaches English Composition courses at the El Paso Community College
El Paso Community College (EPCC) is a community college in El Paso, Texas. EPCC operates five campuses in the El Paso area, as well as courses offered at nearby Fort Bliss.
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of EPCC ...
(EPCC), and Creative Writing for the undergrad and the graduate program at UTEP. She has published eight books of fiction in Mexico, and a young adult series titled ''Coming Out'' in the United States. Her novel ''Todo Eso es Yo'' won the Tamaulipas National Book Award in Mexico in 2015.
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