Carmen Boullosa

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Carmen Boullosa
Carmen Boullosa (2006)
BornSeptember 4, 1954
Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation(s)Poet, novelist playwright
SpouseMike Wallace
Children2, including María Aura
RelativesPablo Boullosa, Pedro Boullosa

Carmen Boullosa (born September 4, 1954, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican poet, novelist and playwright. Her work focuses on the issues of feminism and gender roles within a Latin American context. It has been praised by a number of writers, including Carlos Fuentes,[1] Alma Guillermoprieto, Roberto Bolaño[2] and Elena Poniatowska, as well as publications such as Publishers Weekly[3].

Early life

Boullosa was born on September 4, 1954, in Mexico City, Mexico.[4]

Career

Boullosa has published eighteen novels.[4] Though all different from one another, on theme and form, Boullosa's style has a distinctive personality.

One of her novels, Son vacas, somos puercos (1991, translated into English in 1997 as They're Cows, We're Pigs[5]) is narrated in the first person by an old man looking back on his life. He was kidnapped and sent from his native France on a slave ship to the West Indies at the age of thirteen. To gain his freedom, he joins a group of pirates (or "pigs"), allowing Boullosa to compare two very different societal and political systems—traditional Europe and carefree pirates. In La milagrosa, a novel written in 1993, the protagonist is a girl who has the power to heal the sick and perform other miracles while she sleeps. She falls in love with Aurelio Jimenez, a detective sent to discredit her, even though she fears that her powers will disappear if she spends time with people. It ends ambiguously, leaving an unsolved murder without closure. Duerme, another popular work published in 1995, tells the story of Claire, a French woman whose mother was a prostitute. Attempting to escape the same profession, she arrives in Spain dressed as a man. To save a subject of the Spanish king, she reveals herself as a female and prepares to take his punishment of death by hanging. Beforehand, however, she is wounded in the left breast and her blood is replaced by water from the lakes of Mexico City. The water's magical powers make it possible for her to survive the punishment.

Boullosa is also well known for her Teatro herético (1987), a compilation of three parodies in play format—Aura y las once mil vírgenes, Cocinar hombres, and Propusieron a María. The first tells the story of a man called by God to "deflower" eleven thousand virgins in his life, so that heaven's overpopulation problem might be addressed, since the women will have to wait in purgatory for a time. The man then uses his sexual encounters as material for his television commercials and becomes a successful advertising agent. Cocinar hombres tells the story of two girls who find themselves to have become young adult witches overnight, so as to fly over the earth tempting but not satisfying men. Finally, the third play satirically recounts the conversation between

Mary before Mary gives birth to Jesus
and ascends to heaven.

Awards

Personal life

Boullosa had two children, Juan Aura and actress María Aura, with her former partner, Alejandro Aura. She is now married to author Mike Wallace.[citation needed]

Works

Poems

Books

References

  1. ^ "Fuentes: "Hay que levantar los muros que separan la literatura en español"". El País. 23 November 1994. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017 – via elpais.com.
  2. ^ "Un narrador en la intimidad". old.clarin.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  3. ^ "Books by Carmen Boullosa and Complete Book Reviews". Archived from the original on 2017-12-13.
  4. ^ a b "Carmen Boullosa (Mexico) (1954-)". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  5. ^ Veale, Scott (18 March 2001). "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Es de valientes leer poesía.- Boullosa". Archived from the original on 2016-11-04.
  7. ^ "poesía Hiperión : La patria insomne". www.hiperion.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  8. ^ "Fondo de Cultura Económica". www.elfondoenlinea.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04.
  9. ^ "Fondo de Cultura Económica". www.elfondoenlinea.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04.
  10. ^ "The Book of Eve - Deep Vellum Publishing". deepvellum.org.
  11. ^ Texas, Editorial Alfaguara, México.
  12. ^ ""Ya no hay tantas Kareninas": Boullosa". 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  13. ^ [1]Archived 2018-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Texas: The Great Theft - Deep Vellum Publishing". deepvellum.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-02.
  15. ^ "Ediciones Siruela". www.siruela.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04.
  16. ^ "Ediciones Siruela - El complot de los Románticos de Carmen Boullosa". www.siruela.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04.
  17. ^ "Ediciones Siruela". www.siruela.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04.
  18. ^ "Ediciones Siruela". www.siruela.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04.
  19. ^ "Laura R. Loustau: Tecnología y literatura en La novela perfecta, de Carmen Boullosa- nº 47 Espéculo (UCM)". pendientedemigracion.ucm.es. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22.
  20. ^ "Ediciones Siruela - La otra mano de Lepanto de Carmen Boullosa". siruela.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14.
  21. ^ "Mass Menstruation and Lesbian Orgies: The Women's Writing of Carmen Boullosa - Quarterly Conversation". quarterlyconversation.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-07.
  22. ^ Loh, Sandra Tsing (13 May 2001). "It's Raining Toads". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  23. ^ "Heavens on Earth - Deep Vellum Publishing". deepvellum.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05.
  24. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2016-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Sources

  • Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2004

External links

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