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Cristina Rivera Garza

クリスティナ・リベラ・ガルサ

Cristina Rivera Garza

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1964-10-01 （Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico）
国籍
Mexican
言語
Spanish, English
居住地歴
Matamoros, Tamaulipas → Mexico City → Toluca, Mexico → Houston, USA → San Diego, USA

経歴

職業
Writer, Professor
活動期間
1984年〜
所属
University of Houston, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tec de Monterrey), Toluca, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), San Diego State University, DePauw University, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM)
所属団体
Selected member of Mexico's National System of Art Creators (SNCA) (2003–2005)
影響を受けた人物
Carlos Fuentes (praised her work), Jorge Volpi (named her a favorite writer)
ノミネート
Liliana's Invincible Summer — National Book Award for Nonfiction finalist (2023), Nadie me verá llorar — International Dublin Literary Award (IMPAC) finalist, La cresta de Ilión — Rómulo Gallegos Iberoamerican Award runner-up (2003)

学歴

ENEP-Acatlán, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Department of Sociology
学位: 学士（社会学）
国: Mexico
Undergraduate studies in sociology at ENEP-Acatlán (UNAM)
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Latin American History (graduate)
学位: 修士（ラテンアメリカ史）
国: Mexico
Completed a master's degree in Latin American history at UNAM
University of Houston
History
学位: Ph.D.（歴史学）
期間: 〜1995
卒業年: 1995
国: United States
Doctoral thesis on the subjection of the human body to state power in early 20th-century Mexican asylums

受賞歴

Pulitzer Prize for Memoir/Autobiography
2024
対象作品: Liliana's Invincible Summer
部門: 回想録・自伝
主催: Pulitzer Prize Board
結果: 受賞
MacArthur Fellowship
2020
主催: MacArthur Foundation
結果: 受賞
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
2001
対象作品: Nadie me verá llorar (No One Will See Me Cry)
主催: Guadalajara International Book Fair (awarding body)
結果: 受賞
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
2009
対象作品: La muerte me da
主催: Guadalajara International Book Fair (awarding body)
結果: 受賞
Anna Seghers Prize
2005
主催: Anna Seghers Foundation
結果: 受賞
Roger Caillois Award for Latin American Literature
2013
主催: Roger Caillois Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Juan Vicente Melo National Short Story Award
2001
対象作品: Ningún reloj cuenta esto
主催: Unknown awarding body
結果: 受賞
José Rubén Romero National Book Award
1997
対象作品: Best Novel (unspecified work)
部門: 最優秀小説
主催: Unknown awarding body
結果: 受賞
IMPAC / CONARTE / ITESM Award
1999
対象作品: Nadie me verá llorar
部門: 最優秀刊行小説（国内）
主催: IMPAC / CONARTE / ITESM
結果: 受賞
Shirley Jackson Award
2019
対象作品: English translation of El mal de la taiga
主催: Shirley Jackson Awards Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

O. Henry Award 1回登壇
  1. 第101回（2023年） Winner
    受賞作: Dream Man

    "Dream Man" is a short story selected for the O. Henry Prize 2023 anthology. In a compact sequence of scenes, it captures shifts in relationships and emotional tension.

    A sharp short story included in the O. Henry Prize 2023 anthology.

    short storyrelationshipsemotional tension

作品

代表作

Nadie me verá llorar (No One Will See Me Cry)

1999年 Novel

A novel exploring marginality, madness, and unstable identities in Mexico; blends reality and imagination in a distinctive narrative.

madnessmarginalizationmemory
翻訳
  • No One Will See Me Cry — translated by Andrew Hurley

The Iliac Crest

2002年 Novel

A novel that weaves bodies, memory, and violence in a distinctive voice, intersecting personal and Latin American histories.

violencethe bodyhistory
翻訳
  • The Iliac Crest — translated by Sarah Booker

La muerte me da (Death Takes Me)

2007年 Novel / Hybrid

A poetic, hybrid work about death and loss; recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.

deathlosslimits of language
翻訳
  • Death Takes Me — translated by Sarah Booker & Robin Myers (2025)

El mal de la taiga (The Taiga Syndrome)

2012年 Novel / Hybrid

An experimental narrative about suburban isolation and collapsing relationships. The English translation won the Shirley Jackson Award.

isolationrelationshipsuncanniness
翻訳
  • The Taiga Syndrome — translated by Suzanne Jill Levine & Aviva Kana

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

2023年 Memoir / Nonfiction

A memoir exploring the life of the author's sister Liliana and the 1990 murder that prompted a family's search for justice; investigates intimate partner violence and societal response.

familyviolencejustice

全著作

  • Apuntes (poetry, 1984)
  • La guerra no importa (short stories, 1991)
  • Nadie me verá llorar (novel, 1999)
  • La cresta de Ilión (novel, 2002)
  • La muerte me da (novel/poetry hybrid, 2007)
  • El mal de la taiga (novel, 2012)
  • Autobiographía del algodón (2020)
  • Liliana's Invincible Summer (memoir, 2023)

翻案

  • Opera 'Viaje' — collaboration with Javier Torres Maldonado (commissioned by Festival Internacional Cervantino)

作家による翻訳

  • Notas sobre conceptualismos (translation into Spanish, 2013)
  • Translations into Spanish of works by Juliana Sphar (e.g., 'Por la niebla del nosotros')

作品の翻訳

  • Her works have been translated into English, Portuguese, German, Italian, and Korean

作風・主題

文体
Hybrid style that crosses genres and formsExperimental and poetic expressionMeta-narratives blending reality and fiction
頻出モチーフ
madnessdeathborders and crossingmemory and forgettingthe body

評価・遺産

Recognized as a major contemporary Mexican writer with significant international acclaim. Her work on marginality, violence, and memory has influenced scholarship and reached broad audiences through translations and awards.

関連学会

  • Mexico's National System of Art Creators (SNCA)

資料所蔵先

  • Library of Congress (recordings and archives)

大衆文化への影響

  • Included in BBC '100 Women' list (2024)

引用

  • “I am me and my keyboard.”
    出典: Interview (various published interviews) (2007年)

豆知識

  • Only author to have won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize twice.
  • Received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2020.
  • Won the Pulitzer Prize for Memoir/Autobiography in 2024.
  • Known for experimental publications in digital formats (blogs, Twitter).