Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 90 (2001) Winner
Mario Bellatin
マリオ・ベラティン
Mario Bellatin
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-07-23 （Mexico City）
- Nationality
- Mexican, Peruvian
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Lima, Peru → Havana, Cuba → Mexico City, Mexico
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, screenwriter, academic
- Active Years
- 1987-2024
- Affiliations
- University of the Cloister of Sor Juana, Director of Literature and Humanities, Dynamic School of Writers, Director
- Influenced
- Iván Thays
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo seminary | — | theology | — | 2年 | Peru |
| University of Lima | — | — | — | — | Peru |
| International Film School Latinoamericana | — | screenplay writing | — | 1987年 | Cuba |
Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo seminary
theology
Period:
2年
Country:
Peru
University of Lima
Country:
Peru
International Film School Latinoamericana
screenplay writing
Period:
1987年
Country:
Cuba
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Premio Xavier Villaurrutia | Flores | — | Fondo de Cultura Económica | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | ラテンアメリカ・カリブ海フェロー | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Premio Nacional de Literatura Mazatlán | El gran vidrio (The Great Glass) | — | Instituto Municipal de Cultura, Turismo y Arte de Mazatlán | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award Honor | Beauty Salon | — | American Library Association | 名誉賞 |
| 2019 | Doctor Honoris Causa | — | — | 17, Institute of Critical Studies | 受賞 |
Premio Xavier Villaurrutia
2000
Work:
Flores
Organization:
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2002
Category:
ラテンアメリカ・カリブ海フェロー
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Premio Nacional de Literatura Mazatlán
2008
Work:
El gran vidrio (The Great Glass)
Organization:
Instituto Municipal de Cultura, Turismo y Arte de Mazatlán
Result:
受賞
Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award Honor
2010
Work:
Beauty Salon
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
名誉賞
Doctor Honoris Causa
2019
Organization:
17, Institute of Critical Studies
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Beauty Salon
2007 experimental fictionA fragmented story set in a beauty salon that becomes a refuge for AIDS victims.
diseasedeathsocial exclusion
Translations
- English: Beauty Salon (trans. Kurt Hollander)
Flores
2000 novelExperimental work themed around flowers.
deformityidentity
The Great Glass
2007 novelStory revolving around a great glass.
Jacob the Mutant
2015 novelStory of the mutant Jacob.
mutationidentity
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental and fragmented writingartfully intertwines reality and creation
- Recurring Motifs
- deformed charactersdiseased charactersuncertain sexual identity
Health
-
birth defect (missing much of his right arm)出生時からinfluences themes in his fiction
Legacy
Celebrated as a renewer in Peruvian literature and a leading voice in Spanish fiction with experimental style. Praised by Mario Vargas Llosa.
Quotes
-
To me literature is a game, a search for ways to break through borders. But in my work the rules of the game are always obvious, the guts are exposed, and you can see what is being cooked up.
Source: The New York Times (2009)