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Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, The House on Mango Street (1983), and her subsequent short story collection, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991). Her work experiments with literary forms that investigate emerging subject positions, which Cisneros, herself, attributes to growing up in a context of cultural ...
It is a coming-of-age story about Mexican women before feminism. It centers on an inquisitive girl who is carefully molded by society to become an obedient bride. [5] [9] Tinísima is a fictionalized biography of Italian photographer and political activist Tina Modotti. [2]
Nellie (or Nelly) Francisca Ernestina Campobello Luna (November 7, 1900 – July 9, 1986) was a Mexican writer, notable for having written one of the few chronicles of the Mexican Revolution from a woman's perspective: Cartucho, which chronicles her experience as a young girl in Northern Mexico at the height of the struggle between forces loyal ...
In the last year, some major publishers on both sides of the pond have snapped up a series of short story collections by young Latin American women writers: search out, for example, Mariana Enríquez (Hogarth US, Portobello Books UK) and Samanta Schweblin (Riverhead US).
The 20 best mexican biography books recommended by Jeremy Schaap, Library Journal, The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal.
21 mar 2016 · Here are 11 memoirs and autobiographies written by Latinas every woman should read: 1. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor. Amazon. "Those who remember the stilted Sotomayor confirmation hearings will learn from this book that the real Sonia Sotomayor is a very different [person].
8 mar 2024 · Laura Esquivel (left), Elena Poniatowska (center) and Sofía Segovia (right) are some of the most important Mexican women writers of the last century. Each have provided critical perspectives on...
