Margo Glantz: Biography, Prizes and Scholarships, Works, Further Reading, and a List of Books by Author Margo Glantz

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Margo Glantz ( born January 28, 1930 in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic.

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Margo Glantz's family immigrated to Mexico from the Ukraine in the 1920s. Her father, Jacobo Glantz, met her mother, Elizabeth (Lucia) Shapiro in Odessa, where they married. They tried to emigrate to the United States of America, where they had relatives, but were denied entry and had to remain in Mexico. Although they stayed faithful to Jewish traditions, they soon moved in Mexican artistic circles. Her father was a friend of Diego Rivera, and had great interest in the new cultural currents of his new adoptive country.

For many reasons, the family (including four daughters) had to move quite often. As a result, Margo went to several schools. She spent two years in the Secondary School No. 15, a year in the Israelite School of Mexico, and earned her baccalaureate in the National Preparatory School Number 1, the old school of San Ildefonso, where she was strongly influenced by one of her teachers, Agustín Yáñez.

From 1947 to 1953, Margo Glantz studied English and Spanish Literature, as well as Art history, majoring in Theater History at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Here she had many outstanding professors, among them writers and philosophers such as Alfonso Reyes, Julio Torri, Rodolfo Usigli, Samuel Ramos and Leopoldo Zea. In 1953 she left for Europe, where she earned her doctorate in Hispanic Literature at the Sorbonne. It was there where she presented her thesis on "The French Exoticism in Mexico (From 1847 to 1867)".

On her return to Mexico, she became a teacher in the Department of Theater History in the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature. In 1959 her first daughter, Alina, was born. After a journey to Cuba in 1961, she started to teach a course in Mexican Literature at the National Preparatory School Number 1, as well as courses in Universal Literature and of Mexican Literature at the Preparatory No. 5. In the same year she started to teach at the University Center of Theatre, at the School of Theater and Fine arts of the UNAM, and at the Center of Classic Theater of the "Casa del Lago" (Lake House). During these years she published several essays and theater reviews in a variety of cultural magazines and handouts.

In 1966 she became a permanent, full-time Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, specifically in Hispanic Literature and Comparative Literature. She founded and directed the university magazine Punto de Partida. She was also the director of the Israel-Mexico Cultural Institute until 1969. In 1971 her daughter Renata was born. In the same year she set out for the United States of America, where she taught classes at Montclair State College in New Jersey. She published Onda y escritura en Mexico (Wave and writing in Mexico), Jovenes de 20 a 33, which gave name to a wave of emerging literature in the 60s, the "Onda" (the Wave).

She returned to Mexico in 1974, where she rejoined the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, teaching courses in Latin American and Mexican Literature. In 1978 she edited her first fictional book, Las mil y una calorias, novela dietética (A Thousand and One Calories: A Dietetic Novel), which inspired a great number of other books in the field of creation and criticism (see bibliography). In 1981 she dedicated her autobiographic work, Las genealogias, to her father, who died one year later.

In 1983 she was named Director of Literature at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), where she promoted and directed a number of publications. A year later she obtained the "Premio Xavier Villaurrutia" (The Xavier Villaurrutia Award) for her work Síndrome de Naufragios. In 1986 she set out for England, where she worked as a Cultural Associate in the Mexican Embassy in London, until 1988.

That same year she returned to Mexico, and since has led courses at the Faculty of Philosophy and in numerous universities overseas. In 1989 she was named Member of the National System of Researchers. In 1991 she obtained the National University Prize and again in 1994 she was given the title of Emeritus Professor, both by UNAM. Likewise, the University of Princeton has since awarded her the nomination of Honorary Emeritus Creator of the National System of Creators, as well as the Council of Humanities Fellow.

In 1995 she was elected to be a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (Mexican Language Academy). In 2004 she was awarded the "Premio Nacional, campo I, Área de Lingüística y Literatura" (National Prize, field 1, Are of Linguistics and Literature). That same year she was granted the distinction of Emeritus Investigator of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (National System of Investigators). A year later, in 2005, she was honored with the Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and with her nomination as an Emeritus Honorary Creator of the National System of Creators. In 2006 a web page was published about her, which was coordinated by Beatriz Aracil Varón, in the Virtual Library Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, of Alicante University.

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Novels, short stories and autobiographies

Las mil y una calorías, México, Premiá, 1978.
Doscientas ballenas azules, México, La máquina de escribir, 1979; second edition: Doscientas ballenas azules y cuatro caballos...,México, UNAM, 1981.
No pronunciarás, México, Premiá, 1980.
Las genealogías, México, Martín Casillas, 1981 (Premio Magda Donato 1982); reediciones: México, Alfaguara, 1997 y Valencia (España), Pre-Textos, 2006. English Translation: The Family Tree: An Illustrated Novel; translated by Susan Bassnett. London: Serpent's Tail, 1991.
Material de lectura: Margo Glantz. Fragments from Las genealogías, No pronunciarás, Síndrome de Naufragios, México, UNAM, 1990. Reedición, UNAM, 2006.
Apariciones, México, Alfaguara, 1996. Second Edition. México, Alfaguara-Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, 2002.
Zona de derrumbe, Rosario, Beatriz Viterbo, 2001. Second edition, 2006.
El rastro, Barcelona, Anagrama, 2002. Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 2004. The Wake, translated to English by Andrew Hurley, Connecticut, Curbstone Press, 2005.
Animal de dos semblantes, Santiago de Chile, Editorial LOM, 2004.
Historia de una mujer que caminó por la vida con zapatos de diseñador, Barcelona, Anagrama, 2005.
Saña, Lima, Sarita Cartonera, 2006.

Essays and criticisms

Viajes en México. Crónicas extranjeras, México, Secretaría de Obras Públicas, 1964.
Tennessee Williams y el teatro norteamericano, México, UNAM, 1964.
Narrativa Joven de México, (coord. y prol.), México, Siglo XXI, 1969.
Onda y escritura, jóvenes de 20 a 33, (prol. y ant.), México, Siglo XXI, 1971.
La aventura del Conde de Rousset Boulbon, México, SepSetenta, 1972.
Doscientas ballenas azules, México, La Máquina de Escribir, 1979.
No pronunciarás, México, Premià, 1980.
Repeticiones. Ensayos sobre literatura mexicana, México, Universidad Veracruzana (UV), 1980.
Intervención y pretexto. Ensayos de literatura comparada e iberoamericana, México, UNAM, 1981.
El día de tu boda, México, Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) / Martín Casillas, 1982.
La lengua en la mano, México, Premià, 1984.
De la amorosa inclinación de enredarse en cabellos, México, Océano, 1984.
Erosiones, México, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM), 1984.
Síndrome de naufragios, México, Joaquín Mortiz, 1984 (Premio Xavier Villaurrutia 1984).
Bordando sobre la escritura y la cocina, (coord. y presentation), México, INBA-SEP (Colección Estanquillo Literario), 1984.
Cuentistas mexicanos del siglo XX. Vol. I: Fin del viejo régimen, (compilator), México, SEP, INBA, DDF, 1984.
Guía de Forasteros, estanquillo literario (paper of history on Mexican literature), vols. I, II, III, IV (editor), México, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1985.
Borrones y borradores. Ensayos sobre literatura colonial, UNAM / El Equilibrista, México, 1992; reedition with the title: La desnudez como naufragio: borrones y borradores, Madrid Iberoamericana, 2005.
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Notas y documentos, México, Conaculta, 1993.
Esguince de cintura (enssays on Mexican narrative of the XX century), México, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1994.
La Malinche, sus padres y sus hijos, México, UNAM, 1994; reedition: México, Taurus, 2001.
Obra selecta de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (selection y prologue by Margo Glantz and chronology and bibliography by María Dolores Bravo Arriaga), Caracas, Biblioteca Ayacucho, 1994.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, ¿hagiografía o autobiografía?, México, Grijalbo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma, 1995.
Huérfanos y bandidos: “Los bandidos de Río Frío”, , México, Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, 1995.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: saberes y placeres, Toluca, Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, 1996.
José Gorostiza y Juan Rulfo (reception speech in the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua), México, Condumex, 1996.
Del fistol a la linterna, Homenaje a José Tomás de Cuéllar y Manuel Payno en el centenario de su muerte, 1994, (coord.), México, UNAM, 1997.
Sor Juana y sus contemporáneos , (coord.), Memoirs of the Congress on Sor Juana and her contemporaneous (1995), México, UNAM-Condumex, 1998.
Sor Juana: La comparación y la hipérbole, Mexico, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, 2000.
Obras reunidas: Tomo I: La literatura colonial, Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, 2006.

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Total Books: 21

2014 - Las Genealogas [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9786071127686
ISBN-10: 6071127688
Genre: Literature & Fiction

2013 - Coronada De Moscas [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9786077781301
ISBN-10: 6077781304
Genre: Travel

2013 - Muse Du Louvre Painted Shoe (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783901753237
ISBN-10: 3901753230
Genre: Arts & Photography

2010 - Obras Reunidas III Ensayos Sobre Literatura Popular Mexicana Del Siglo XIx [Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9786071604804
ISBN-10: 607160480X
Genre: Literature & Fiction

2008 - Obras Reunidas II Narrativa [Literatura - Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9786071600264
ISBN-10: 607160026X
Genre: Nonfiction

2005 - The Wake (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781931896238
ISBN-10: 1931896232
Genre: Literature & Fiction

2005 - Historia De Una Mujer Que Camino Por La VIda Con Zapatos De Disenador [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788433968760
ISBN-10: 8433968769
Genre: Literature & Fiction

2005 - La Desnudez Como Naufragio Borrones Y Borradores [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788484891543
ISBN-10: 8484891542

2003 - Mexico Juan Rulfo Fotografo (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788477827726
ISBN-10: 8477827729
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Catálogo de libros en español, Substores

2002 - Juan Rulfo's Mexico (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781588340979
ISBN-10: 158834097X
Genres: Arts & Photography, Travel

2002 - Mexiko Fotografien (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783716512791
ISBN-10: 3716512796

2002 - El Rastro [Narrativas Hispanicas] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788433968364
ISBN-10: 843396836X
Genre: Literature & Fiction

1998 - Las Genealogias (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9789681903664
ISBN-10: 9681903668
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

1996 - Apariciones [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9789681902759
ISBN-10: 9681902750
Genre: Literature & Fiction

1991 - The Family Tree an Illustrated Novel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781852421823
ISBN-10: 1852421827
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction

Esguince De Cintura [Lecturas mexicanas - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9789682975387
ISBN-10: 9682975387
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Reference

El Dia De Tu Boda [Memoria y olvido -- imagenes de Mexico - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9789684710306
ISBN-10: 9684710305
Genre: Reference

Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz Saberes Y Placeres [Spanish Edition] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9789686963755
ISBN-10: 9686963758
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz Hagiografia O Autobiografia [Spanish Edition] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9789700505824
ISBN-10: 9700505820
Genre: Literature & Fiction

Excesos Del Cuerpo (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9789872514075
ISBN-10: 9872514070