Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1 appearances
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Edition 67 (1985) Winner
Angelina Muñiz-Huberman
アンヘリナ・ムニス＝フベルマン
Angelina Muñiz-Huberman
Aliases:
Angelina Muñiz Sacristán
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1936-12-29 （Hyères, France）
- Nationality
- Mexican
- Languages
- Spanish, French, Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Academic, Poet, Professor
- Active Years
- 1972-
- Affiliations
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, Academia Espírito-santense de Letras (corresponding member)
- Memberships
- Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, Academia Espírito-santense de Letras (corresponding member)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | — | Romance Languages | — | — | United States |
| New York University | — | Romance Languages | — | — | United States |
| Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | — | Literature (Comparative and Medieval Literature) | PhD | — | Mexico |
University of Pennsylvania
Romance Languages
Country:
United States
Studied Romance Languages (exact completion year unknown)
New York University
Romance Languages
Country:
United States
Attended following studies at University of Pennsylvania (details unknown)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Literature (Comparative and Medieval Literature)
Degree:
PhD
Country:
Mexico
Holds a PhD in literature (exact year unknown)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Xavier Villaurrutia Award | Huerto cerrado, huerto sellado | — | Mexican literary organizations | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize | Dulcinea encantada | — | Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize organizers | 受賞 |
| 2018 | National Prize for Arts and Literature (Linguistics and Literature) | Lifetime work | 言語学・文学 | Government of Mexico | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Honorary doctorate (UNAM) | For a lifetime's work | — | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 授与 |
| — | José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature | — | — | Unknown awarding organization | — |
Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1985
Work:
Huerto cerrado, huerto sellado
Organization:
Mexican literary organizations
Result:
受賞
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
1993
Work:
Dulcinea encantada
Organization:
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize organizers
Result:
受賞
National Prize for Arts and Literature (Linguistics and Literature)
2018
Work:
Lifetime work
Category:
言語学・文学
Organization:
Government of Mexico
Result:
受賞
Honorary doctorate (UNAM)
2022
Work:
For a lifetime's work
Organization:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Result:
授与
José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature
Organization:
Unknown awarding organization
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
El siglo del desencanto
2002 ProseA prose work addressing modern disillusionment and cultural rupture.
disillusionmentcultural rupturememory
Translations
- El siglo del desencanto
Dulcinea encantada
1992 NovelA novel dealing with the fantasies and cultural memories surrounding 'Dulcinea'. Winner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
literary fantasymemorySephardic culture
Translations
- Enchanted Dulcinea
Huerto cerrado, huerto sellado
1985 Short story collectionA short story collection featuring themes of tradition, memory, and mystical elements.
memorytraditionmysticism
Translations
- Enclosed Garden
El libro de Míriam
1990 NovelA story centered on Miriam that explores personal and historical memory.
women's memoryhistoryidentity
Bibliography
- Morada interior (1972)
- Tierra adentro (1977)
- Vilano al viento (1982)
- La guerra del Unicornio (1983)
- Huerto Cerrado, Huerto Sellado (1985)
- De magias y prodigios: transmutaciones (1987)
- Notas de investigación sobre la literatura comparada (1989)
- La lengua florida: antología sefardí (1989)
- Primicias (1990)
- El libro de Míriam (1990)
- AM-H. De cuerpo entero (1991)
- Serpientes y escaleras (1991)
- La lengua florida (1992)
- El ojo de la creación (1992)
- Narrativa relativa (1992)
- Dulcinea encantada (1992)
- Las raíces y las ramas: fuentes y derivaciones de la Cábala hispanohebrea (1993)
- La memoria del aire (1995)
- Castillos en la tierra (1995)
- El trazo y el vuelo (1997)
- The Confidantes (1997)
- La sal en el rostro (1998)
- El mercader de Tudela (1998)
- El canto del peregrino (1999)
- Conato de extranjería (1999)
- Trotsky en Coyoacán (2000)
- Molinos sin viento (2001)
- Areúsa en los conciertos (2002)
- El siglo del desencanto (2002)
- La tregua de la inocencia (2003)
- Cantos treinta de otoño (2005)
- La pausa figurada (2006)
- La sombra que cobija (2007)
- En el jardín de la Cábala (2008)
- La burladora de Toledo (2008)
- Las raíces y las ramas (2012)
- Rompeolas. Poesía reunida (2012)
- Las vueltas a la noria (2013)
- El sefardí romántico (2014)
- Hacia Malinalco (2014)
- Arritmias (2015)
- Cosas veredes (2016)
- Los esperandos. Piratas judeo-portugueses... y yo (2017)
- El atanor encendido. Antología de cábala, alquimia, gnosticismo (2019)
- El último faro (2020)
- Cartas a una ardilla y otros especímenes (2022)
Translations of Works
- Enclosed Garden (English translation by Lois Parkinson Zamora)
- Dulcinée (English translation, UNESCO 1995)
- A Mystical Journey (English translation by Seymour Menton)
- Enchanted Dulcinea (English translation by Rebecca Marquis, 2022)
- Arrhythmias (English translation by D. P. Snyder, 2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- mystical and allegorical styleprose rich in historical and comparative literature referenceslyrical and highly symbolic expression
- Recurring Motifs
- Kabbalahexile and displacementSephardic traditionsmemory and forgetting
Legacy
Muñiz-Huberman is highly regarded for her research and literary work on Sephardic culture, crypto-Judaism, and Jewish mysticism. She has had longstanding influence in Mexican literary circles and received numerous awards and academic honors.
Academic Societies
- Academia Mexicana de la Lengua
Trivia
- Born in Hyères, France in 1936; her parents were exiles from the Spanish Civil War.
- Her family left France in 1939, lived briefly in Cuba, and settled in Mexico City in 1942.
- Converted to Judaism after discovering Sephardic ancestry.
- Married Alberto Huberman in 1959 and has two children.
- Recipient of the Xavier Villaurrutia Award (1985), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (1993), and National Prize for Arts and Literature (2018).
- Received an honorary doctorate from UNAM in 2022.