Xavier Villaurrutia Award
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Amparo Dávila
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Amparo Dávila
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1928-02-21 （Pinos, Zacatecas）
- Died
- 2020-04-18 （Zacatecas, Mexico） age 92
- Nationality
- Mexican
- Languages
- Spanish
- Religion
- Unknown （Baptismal Name: Unknown）
- Residence History
- Pinos, Zacatecas → Mexico City → Zacatecas
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 1950-2020
- Affiliations
- Centro Mexicano de Escritores
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Xavier Villaurrutia Award | Árboles petrificados | — | — | Winner |
| 2015 | Medalla Bellas Artes | — | — | — | Winner |
Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1977
Work:
Árboles petrificados
Result:
Winner
Medalla Bellas Artes
2015
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Árboles petrificados
1977 Fantastic short storiesA collection of short stories touching on the fantastic and the uncanny.
insanitydangerdeath
Translations
- The Houseguest and Other Stories (2018)
Bibliography
- Salmos bajo la luna (1950)
- Meditaciones a la orilla del sueño (1954)
- Perfil de soledades (1954)
- Tiempo destrozado (1959)
- Música concreta (1964)
- Árboles petrificados (1977)
- Muerte en el bosque (1985)
Translations of Works
- The Houseguest and Other Stories (2018, New Directions)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fantasticuncannyfemale protagonists
- Recurring Motifs
- insanitydangerdeathtime
Legacy
Mexican writer known for short stories on the fantastic and uncanny. A literary prize in her honor was created in 2015.
Quotes
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May I not die on a cold Winter day and leave shivering from cold and fear into the unknown that world of shades. Not like that. A faceless being walking endlessly by my side or that awaits around the corner. And that unfathomable mystery that we cannot uncover and that anguishes and disrupts existence. I want to leave in a sunny day of a green Spring full of sprouts and birds and flowers to look for my Garden of Eden, my lost paradise and enjoy the fruit of the vine and the fig tree, the perfume of the blossomed cherry and orange trees, the warmth of the sun that never sets.
Source: Written in 2018 (2018)
Trivia
- Childhood marked by fear, influencing her works
- Served as secretary to Alfonso Reyes
- Premio Bellas Artes del Cuento Fantástico Amparo Dávila created in her honor in 2015