Luis Zapata (writer)

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Luis Zapata
Born
Luis Zapata Quiroz

(1951-04-27)27 April 1951
Died4 November 2020(2020-11-04) (aged 69)
Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation(s)Writer, novelist
Known forEl 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

  1. ^ a b "Luis Zapata, un clásico de la literatura gay en México". 4 November 2020.
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  3. ^ Fallece escritor Luis Zapata, autor de ‘El vampiro de la Colonia Roma (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Hasta en las mejores familias". Encliclopedia de la literatura México (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Zapata, Luis, 1951-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ "La Historia De Siempre / The Same Story As Always (Spanish Edition)". Good Reads. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Luis Zapata, escribir para vivir o la escritura como supervivencia". Inventio (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2020.