Luis Zapata (writer)
Luis Zapata | |
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Born | Luis Zapata Quiroz 27 April 1951 |
Died | 4 November 2020 Mexico City, Mexico | (aged 69)
Occupation(s) | Writer, novelist |
Known for | El vampiro de la colonia Roma |
Luis Zapata Quiroz (27 April 1951 – 4 November 2020)[1] was one of the most prominent gay writers in Mexican literature.[2]
Career
Born in
medieval French.[1]
Zapata died in Mexico City on 4 November 2020, after being hospitalized in Morelos a month earlier.[3]
Select Novels
- Hasta en las mejores familias (Even in the Best of Families), 1975[4]
- El vampiro de la colonia Roma (Adonis Garcia, A Picaresque Novel), 1979[5]
- De pétalos perennes (Perennial Petals), 1981[5]
- Melodrama, 1983[5]
- En jirones (In Tatters), 1985[5]
- La hermana secreta de Angélica María (Angélica Maria's Secret Sister), 1989[5]
- ¿Por qué mejor no nos vamos? (Why Don't We Just Leave?), 1992[5]
- La más fuerte pasión (The Strongest Passion), 1995[5]
- Los postulados del buen golpista, 1995[5]
- Siete noches junto al mar, 1999[5]
- La historia de siempre (The Same Story As Always), 2007[6]
- Escena y farsa es la vida (2014)[7]
- Como sombras y sueños (2014)[7]
- Autobiografía póstuma (2014)[5]
References
- ^ a b "Luis Zapata, un clásico de la literatura gay en México". 4 November 2020.
- ISBN 0203994086.
- ^ Fallece escritor Luis Zapata, autor de ‘El vampiro de la Colonia Roma (in Spanish)
- ^ "Hasta en las mejores familias". Encliclopedia de la literatura México (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Zapata, Luis, 1951-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "La Historia De Siempre / The Same Story As Always (Spanish Edition)". Good Reads. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Luis Zapata, escribir para vivir o la escritura como supervivencia". Inventio (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2020.