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Cristina Rivera Garza
| Full Name: |
Cristina
Rivera
Garza |
| Born: |
October 1, 1964
Matmoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Occupation: |
Professor, Writer |
| Nationality: |
Mexican |
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Biography
Cristina Rivera Garza is a Mexican author and professor best known for her fictional work, with various novels such as Nadie me verá llorar (No One Will See Me Cry) winning a number of Mexico's highest literary awards as well as awards abroad. The author was born in the state of Tamaulipas, near the U.S. border and has developed her career in teaching and writing on both sides of the border. She has taught history and creative writing at various universities such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Tec de Monterrey, Campus Toluca and her current position at the University of California, San Diego. Awards include the Juan Vicente Melo National Short Story Award, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (the only author to win this award twice) and the Anna Seghers International Prize.
She did her undergraduate studies at ENEP-Acatlán (part of UNAM) in sociology, then went on to study her master's in Latin American history at UNAM. She holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Houston (1995). Her doctoral thesis was on the subjection of the human body to state power in mental asylums in early 20th century Mexico.
She has lived in various places in Mexico as well as in the United States, developing her teaching career on both sides of the border, living in Mexico City, Toluca, Houston and San Diego. Rivera Garza spent some of her "decisive years" studying in Mexico City, which she says has given her a personal and intimate relationship with Mexico's capital, featured in her novel "Nadie me verá llorar." However, she never permanently moved to the capital, which is Mexico's literary center, making her feel outside of the country's literary scene. She has also stated that she does not like the concentration of Mexico's culture on the capital.
While she declines to use words to describe herself, she does state that "I am me and my keyboard." She states that her personality is not fixed, and such would be limiting. Rivera Garza maintains interests in narrative, history, and the nature of human language/communication. She believes that writing can be a question of life or death, and that writers should misbehave in real life as well as in the imagination to be connected to the world and better able to tell stories.
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