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Myriam Moscona

ミリヤム・モスコナ

Myriam Moscona

Aliases: מרים מוסקונה

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1955 (Mexico City)
Nationality
Mexican
Languages
Spanish, Ladino, Judaeo-Spanish
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Mexico City, Mexico → Ohio, USA (Miami University)

Career

Occupations
journalist, translator, poet
Active Years
1983-2024
Affiliations
Miami University, Banff Centre for the Arts

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship
2006
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: 受賞
Aguascalientes National Poetry Award
1998
Work: Las visitantes
Category:
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Las visitantes

1989 poetry

Poetry collection. Winner of Aguascalientes National Poetry Award.

visitorspoetic exploration

Negro marfil

2000 poetry

Ivory Black. A long poem composed of fragments.

fragmentsmultidirectional reading

El que nada

2006 novel

Bibliography

  • Último jardín (1983)
  • Las visitantes (1989)
  • Las preguntas de Natalia (1991)
  • El árbol de los nombres (1992)
  • De frente y de perfil (1994)
  • Vísperas (1996)
  • Negro marfil (2000)
  • El que nada (2006)
  • En la superficie azul (2008)
  • De par en par (2009)
  • Tela de Sevoya (2012)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Use of Ladino and SpanishFragmented poetry readable in multiple directions
Recurring Motifs
Möbius stripSephardi culture

Legacy

Mexican poet, journalist, and translator from a Bulgarian Sephardi Jewish family, writing in Ladino and Spanish. Teaches at Miami University.

Quotes

  • Rectas son las curvas de Moebius/En torcedumbre y doloridos/Con esas cintas nos krearon
    Source: LA CINTA DE MOEBIUS