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Sara Sefchovich (born Sara Sefchovich Wasongarz; April 2, 1949 in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer.
She studied sociology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), earning a master's degree in 1987 and a doctorate degree in 2005 in History of Mexico. Later, she also did research at the Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales ("Institute of Social Research") of the institution. She has written articles for the magazines Fem , Revista Mexicana de Sociología , Cuadernos de Comunicación, Los Universitarios, Revista de la Universidad de México, Casa del Tiempo, La Semana de Bellas Artes, La Cultura en México, Sábado and the newspapers La Jornada and El Universal .
Her first novel Demasiado amor earned her the Agustín Yáñez Award in 1990 and was adapted in 2002 into the film of the same name starring Ari Telch. She has also written La señora de los sueños (1993) and La suerte de la consorte (1999).
In 1995 she participated in the homage to Luis Spota at the Palacio de Bellas Artes with other prominent writers such as Jaime Labastida, Elda Peralta, Pedro Angel Palou, Bernardo Ruiz and Cuban writer Lisandro Otero.
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Agustín Yáñez Delgadillo was a Mexican writer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco and Secretary of Public Education during Gustavo Díaz Ordaz's presidency. He is the author of numerous books and the recipient, in 1952 as member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, in 1973, of the Premio Nacional de las Letras. Al filo del agua is universally acknowledge as his masterpiece, according to the Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean literature, 1900-2003 By Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, page 616.
Antonio Alatorre Vergara was a Mexican writer, philologist and translator, famous due to his influential academic essays about Spanish literature, and because of his book Los 1001 años de la lengua española.
Margo Glantz Shapiro is a Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic. She has been a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua since 1995. She is a recipient of the FIL Award.
Ignacio Solares Bernal (1945–) is a prominent Mexican novelist, editor and playwright, whose novel La invasion was a bestseller in Mexico and Spain. Until 2005 he served as the Coordinator of Cultural Activities for Literature and Arts at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); he is once again a faculty member there and directs the cultural magazine Revista de la Universidad de México. He formerly served as director of the Department of Theater and Dance and the Division of Literature at UNAM. He also edits the cultural supplement to the weekly magazine Siempre.
Lauro Zavala is a scholarly researcher, known for his work on literary theory, semiotics and film, especially in relation to irony, metafiction and micro-narratives. Faculty professor since 1984 at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, in Mexico City, where he is head of the area on Intertextual Semiotics.
Julio Jiménez Rueda was a Mexican lawyer, writer, playwright and diplomat.
The Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, held since 1975 in Huelva, Spain, is the oldest film festival in Europe dedicated to the Ibero-American cinema.
National Prize for Literature is the national literature prize of Cuba. It has been given annually since 1983 and recognizes those writers who have enriched the legacy of Cuban literature. It has been called "the most important award of its kind" in Cuba.
Eduardo Lizalde Chávez, is a Mexican poet, academic and administrator.
Events in the year 1964 in Mexico.
Esther Seligson was a Mexican writer, poet, translator, and historian. She was an academic, with a wide range of interests including art, cultural history, Jewish philosophy, mythology, religion and theater. She published books, poems, short stories and translations. She won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize and the Magda Donato Award for her literary contributions.
Voz viva de México is a collection of readings by authors from their own works. It has nearly one thousand audio documents by Spanish language writers and essayists, which have been recorded since 1959 and published in various formats. It is produced by the Department of Literature of the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM). Among the authors represented in this collection are several winners of prestigious prizes such as the Nobel, Cervantes, and the Princess of Asturias Awards for Literature. In 2006 this collection was added to the Registro Memoria del Mundo de México, recognised by UNESCO.
María del Carmen Millán (1914–1982) was a Mexican academic, writer and lecturer who became the first woman admitted to the Mexican Academy of Letters. Her work to preserve the literary heritage of Mexico was recognized both internationally and nationally.
Clara Oriol de la Huerta was a concert pianist and the First Lady of Mexico from June 1 to November 30, 1920. She was the wife of Mexican president Adolfo de la Huerta.
María de los Dolores Izaguirre Castañares, married name María Dolores Izaguirre de Ruiz, was the First Lady of Mexico during the years 1952-1958 when her husband Adolfo Ruiz Cortines was President.
Ida Rodríguez Prampolini was a Mexican academic, art historian and cultural preservationist, who was heavily involved in the creation of organizations and institutions to preserve the artistic traditions of Mexico. To that end, she founded two art schools, eleven museums, twelve municipal archives, and over fifty houses of culture. She published over 400 articles and critiques of Mexican art and was honored with numerous awards over the course of her career. She was a member of the Mexican Academy of Arts, Mexican Academy of History and the Belgian International Union of Academies as well as a recipient of the National University Prize, which recognizes excellence in teaching and academic research, in 1991. In 2001, she was honored with the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in the category of History, Social Sciences and Philosophy and in 2002, she was awarded the Calasanz Medal from the Universidad Cristóbal Colón.
Thelma Nava was a Mexican poet and journalist. She founded and co-founded magazines, one of which she also published. Nava was the recipient of the Premio Nacional de Poesía «Ramón López Velarde» and the Presea Rosario Castellanos.
Josefina Ortiz y Ortiz was the first lady of Mexico and the spouse of the president Pascual Ortiz Rubio. During her time as first lady, she started initiatives, aiding indigenous children.
Inés García de López de Santa Anna, also María Inés de la Paz García y Martínez Uzcanga was the First Lady of Mexico as the first wife of Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna.
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