Bárbara Mujica (writer)
American academic and writer
Bárbara Mujica
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Occupation | Scholar, novelist, short story writer, and critic |
Education |
University of California at Los Angeles
Sorbonne University |
Alma mater | New York University ( PhD ) |
Notable works |
Frida
Sister Teresa Miss del Río |
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Bárbara Mujica is an American scholar, novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She is an Emeritus Professor of Spanish at Georgetown University . [1]
Early life and education
Mujica attended the University of California at Los Angeles for her undergraduate education, and studied French literature. [2] She then attended Sorbonne University for graduate study in French, and completed her doctorate at New York University in Spanish literature, with Antonio Regalado as her dissertation advisor. [2]
Career
Her writing career began with writing short stories, and she also taught Spanish literature. [2] Mujica was on the board of directors for the Washington Review from 1994 through 1998. [3] [4]
In the late 1990s, Mujica developed a draft for what became the biographical novel Frida , based on the life of Frida Kahlo , which was first published in 2001 [5] and has since been translated into 18 languages. [2] [6] In 2007, she published the historical novel Sister Teresa , about the woman who became Saint Teresa of Ávila , and the book was translated into Spanish in 2017. [2] Her next novel, I am Venus , a fictional biography of the model for the La Venus del espejo painting by Diego Velázquez , was published in 2013. [2] Her novel Miss del Rio , published in 2022, is about the life of the movie star Dolores del Río . [2] [7]
In 2019, an essay collection was published to honor her scholarly work, titled Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica . [1] [8]
Selected works
Fiction
- The Deaths of Don Bernardo (1990, novel) [9]
- Sanchez across the Street and Other Stories (1997, short stories) [10]
- Far from My Mother's Home (1999, short stories) [11]
- Frida (2001, novel) [12]
- Sister Teresa (2007, novel)
- I Am Venus (2013, novel) [13]
- Imagining Iraq (2021, short stories) [14]
- Miss del Río (2022, novel) [15]
Nonfiction
- Women Writers of Early Modern Spain: Sophia's Daughters ( Yale University Press, 2004) [16] [1]
- Espiritualidad y feminismo: Santa Teresa de Jesus (Ediciones del Orto, 2007)
- Teresa de Avila, Lettered Women ( Vanderbilt University Press, 2009) [17]
- Shakespeare and the Spanish Comedia (Bucknell University Press 2013) [1]
- A New Anthology of Early Modern Spanish Theater: Play and Playtext ( Yale University Press 2014) [1]
- Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Avila (2020). [18]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lewis, Elizabeth Franklin (Spring 2021). "Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica. Ed. Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. De Armas" . Early Modern Women . 15 (2): 210–213. doi : 10.1353/emw.2021.0014 – via Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson).
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rolón-Barada, Israel (19 September 2022). "Bárbara Mújica, when intellect and fiction meet". CE Noticias Financieras . Translated by Content Engine LLC. ProQuest 2716026281
- ↑ "Art Sites 6" . Washington Review . Washington D.C. 20 (2). 1994 . Retrieved 2022-09-24 .
- ↑ "Artsites 98 Catalog" . Washington Review . Washington D.C. 24 (1). 1998 . Retrieved 2022-09-24 .
- ↑ Robinson, Roxana (April 15, 2001). "Portrait of the Artist". Washington Post . ProQuest 409067240
- ↑ Vazquez, Enrique (4 August 2021). "Libro Mi hermana Frida de Bárbara Mujica cumple 20 años" . Milenio (in Mexican Spanish) . Retrieved 14 October 2022 .
- ↑ Vazques, Enrique (18 September 2022). "Jalisco. Bárbara Mujica habla de su última novela Miss del Río" . Milenio (in Mexican Spanish) . Retrieved 14 October 2022 .
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Additional reviews of
Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain
- Gyulamiryan, Tatevik (September 2020). "Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica ed. by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. de Armas (review)". Hispania . 103 (3): 423–424 – via Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson).
- Fernández, Esther (May 2021). "Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: a tribute to Bárbara Mujica: edited by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. De Armas, Newark, University of Delaware Press, 2019". Social History . 46 (2): 221–222. doi : 10.1080/03071022.2021.1896237 – via SocINDEX with Full Text.
- Coolidge, Grace E. (September 2021). "Women warriors in early modern Spain: a tribute to Bárbara Mujica: edited by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. de Armas, Newark, University of Delaware Press, 2019". Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies . 22 (3): 441–443. doi : 10.1080/14636204.2021.1960756 – via Academic Search Complete.
- ↑ Tenenbaum, Barbara (May 1990). "Books: The Deaths of Don Bernardo". Americas . 42 (3): 63. ProQuest 235259342
- ↑ Smith, Dawn (July 1998). "Sanchez Across the Street and Other Stories". Americas . 50 (4): 63. ProQuest 235276048
- ↑ Bencastro, Mario (March 1993). "Reviewing Barbara Mujica". Americas . 45 (2) – via MasterFILE Complete.
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Reviews of
Frida
- Bader, Eleanor J. (November 15, 2000). "Frida". Library Journal . 125 (19): 97. ProQuest 196806318
- "Frida" . Kirkus Reviews . December 15, 2000 . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
- Seaman, Donna (January 2001). "frida". Booklist . 97 (9/10). ProQuest 235515142
- "Frida" . Publishers Weekly . January 1, 2001 . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
- White, Emily (January 28, 2001). "Books in Brief: Fiction & Poetry". New York Times . ProQuest 2233005938
- Robinson, Roxana (April 15, 2001). "Portrait of an Artist". The Washington Post . ProQuest 409067240
- Sabo, Mary Ann (May 13, 2001). "Tumult of artist's life shown through sister's eyes in 'Frida". Grand Rapids Press . ProQuest 262184844
- Holmer, Joan Ozark (January 2002). "Frida". Americas . 54 (1): 63. ProQuest 235281086
- Reyna, Bessy (14 April 2002). "Riding the Frida Train; Two New Novels Tell The Story of Artist Kahlo, Who Married Mexico's Most Famous Painter and Romanced the World". Hartford Courant . ProQuest 256489003
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Reviews of
I Am Venus
- "I am Venus" . Kirkus Reviews . May 1, 2013 . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
- Teahan, Liz (May 15, 2013). "I am Venus". Booklist . 109 (18): 21 – via MasterFILE Complete.
- ↑ "Imagining Iraq" . Kirkus Reviews . December 15, 2020 . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
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Reviews of
Miss del Río
- Martinez, Sara (September 1, 2022). "Miss Del Rio". Booklist . 119 (1): 40. ProQuest 2709982334
- Jimenez, Migdalia (September 2022). "Miss del Río: A Novel of Dolores del Río, the First Major Latina Star in Hollywood". Library Journal . 147 (9) – via Education Research Complete.
- Ardila, Erika (December 8, 2022). " 'Miss del Río,' a novel based on the life of the first Latina in Hollywood" . Al Día . Retrieved 31 January 2023 .
- ↑ Spieker, Joseph (Spring 2006). "Reviewed Work: Women Writers of Early Modern Spain: Sophia's Daughters by Barbara Mujica" . Hispanic Journal . Indiana University of Pennsylvania . 27 (1): 159–161 . Retrieved 1 February 2023 .
- ↑ Cunningham, Lawrence S. (September 10, 2010). "Teresa de Ávila". Commonweal . 137 (15) – via MasterFILE Complete.
- ↑ Roberts, Laura (2022). "Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Ávila" . European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire . 29 (2): 363–364. doi : 10.1080/13507486.2021.1908757 . Retrieved 31 January 2023 .