114:(The Cornerist) was translated from Spanish by Sophine Hughes. This is a recollection of stories written from 2004 and 2010, with the help of grants from FONCA and the Foundation for Mexican Literature. It includes “El esquinista”, “Mama contra la Tierra”, “Moud”, “Eusebio Moneda” y “Los enganos”.
107:
This novel a thoughtful, eccentric, and heart-wrenching interwoven story told from the perspective of neighbors living in a mews of five houses in Mexico City. The five houses are named after tastes: Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Sour, and Umami. Umami tells the stories of characters who are dealing with
71:
She took a master's degree in illustration. In Mexico, she studied at Mario
Bellatin's Escuela Dinámica de Escritores (Dynamic School of Writers) and was awarded the two grants for young writers from the
108:
mortality, abandonment, and loss. Umami is insightful, and ultimately tells the stories of humans coping with living next to one another in order to feel less isolated and alone.
65:
When she was only six, she moved to a very rural area in Mexico where she began to read avidly, especially
English books that her grandfather would send her.
185:
128:
35:
96:(The cornerist) was awarded an honorable mention in the National Prize for Short Story San Luis PotosĂ 2012.
165:
80:(The Mexican National Fund for Culture and the Arts). Her work has been in anthologies such as
73:
54:, which has been translated into multiple languages. In 2017, she was named as one of the
8:
43:
47:
123:
133:
179:
59:
152:
39:
134:
Umami author, Laia
Jufresa, in conversation with translator, Sophie Hughes
23:
55:
27:
84:(A new way, Anthology of Mexican current narrative, UNAM, 2013),
129:
Women Are Humans: A Q&A with Laia
Jufresa and Sophie Hughes
38:, graduating with a BA in Arts. She also lived in Mexico City,
77:
31:
68:
Later she lived in France, Spain, Argentina, and
Germany.
88:(Sample of young literature of Mexico, FLM, 2008) and
82:
Un nuevo modo, AntologĂa de narrativa mexicana actual
22:(born 1983) is a Mexican writer. She was born in
177:
76:(The Foundation for Mexican Literature) and the
58:, a list of the most promising young writers in
163:
92:(The Best Mexican Poems 2006). Her book
50:. She is best known for her debut novel
178:
86:Muestra de literatura joven de MĂ©xico
74:FundaciĂłn para las Letras Mexicanas
13:
186:21st-century Mexican women writers
14:
197:
117:
99:
90:Los mejores Poemas Mexicanos 2006
164:Zaleskaza (14 September 2016).
157:
146:
1:
139:
124:Interview with BOMB Magazine
7:
10:
202:
34:. She studied at the
44:Madison, Wisconsin
193:
170:
169:
166:"Electronic Lit"
161:
155:
150:
48:Cologne, Germany
201:
200:
196:
195:
194:
192:
191:
190:
176:
175:
174:
173:
162:
158:
151:
147:
142:
120:
102:
26:and grew up in
17:
12:
11:
5:
199:
189:
188:
172:
171:
156:
144:
143:
141:
138:
137:
136:
131:
126:
119:
118:External links
116:
101:
100:Literary works
98:
16:Mexican writer
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
198:
187:
184:
183:
181:
167:
160:
154:
149:
145:
135:
132:
130:
127:
125:
122:
121:
115:
113:
112:El esquinista
109:
106:
97:
95:
94:El esquinista
91:
87:
83:
79:
75:
69:
66:
63:
61:
60:Latin America
57:
53:
49:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
159:
148:
111:
110:
104:
103:
93:
89:
85:
81:
70:
67:
64:
51:
40:Buenos Aires
20:Laia Jufresa
19:
18:
24:Mexico City
140:References
180:Category
56:Bogota39
36:Sorbonne
28:Veracruz
105:Umami
78:FONCA
52:Umami
32:Paris
46:and
30:and
153:Bio
182::
62:.
42:,
168:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.