Hernán Lara Zavala
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Hernán Lara Zavala (28 February 1946 – 15 March 2025) was a Mexican novelist, literary critic and academic at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Life and career
Lara Zavala studied English literature at the School of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and a degree at the University of East Anglia (MA, 1981).[1]
He was a professor at UNAM since 1976, and head of the General Directorate of Publications and Editorial Development at the same institution.[1]
Hernán Lara Zavala died on 15 March 2025, at the age of 79.[2][1]
Awards and recognition
He was awarded the José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature in 1995.[3] In 2010 he was awarded the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language prize.[4]
List
- (1987) Bellas Artes Colima Narrative Award for Published Work
- (1994) José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature, for Después del amor y otros cuentos
- (2008) Yucatán Medal[1]
- (2009) Elena Poniatowska Iberoamerican Award, for Península, península[5]
- (2009) González Ruano journalism prize[6]
- (2010) Real Academia Española Award, for Península, península[7]
- (2010) Justo Sierra Méndez State of Campeche Award, for his life's work
- (2015) Honorary doctorate awarded by the Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, in the framework of the 50th anniversary of said university[8]
Works
Lara Zavala's published works included the following:[9]
- 1981: De Zitilchén
- 1987: El mismo cielo
- 1989: Las novelas en el Quijote
- 1990: Charras
- 1992: Contra el ángel
- 1992: Tuch y Odilón
- 1994: Después del amor y otros cuentos
- 1995: Equipaje de mano
- 1997: Cuentos escogidos
- 1998: Viaje al corazón de la península
- 2008: Península, península
- 2010: El guante negro y otros cuentos
- 2015: Macho viejo
- 2023: El último carnaval
References
- ^ a b c d "Muere el escritor mexicano Hernán Lara Zavala". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). 16 March 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ González, Jazmín (16 March 2025). "Muere el escritor mexicano Hernán Lara Zavala a los 79 años". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "El Fuentes Mares para García Mainou". eleconomista.com. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Mexico's Hernan Lara Zavala Wins Spanish Literary Prize". Latin American Herald Tribune. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ "Se hizo justicia divina cuando gané el Premio Elena Poniatowska: Hernán Lara Zavala". vanguardia.com.mx (in Spanish). 23 October 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Hernán Lara Zavala gana el Premio Real Academia Española". elmundo.es (in Spanish). 15 October 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "El mexicano Hernán Lara Zavala se alza con el Premio Real Academia Española" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Entregan Doctorado Honoris Causa en el marco del 50 aniversario de la UAC". Diario de Campeche (in Spanish). 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Juárez Bautista, Frida (15 March 2025). "Hernán Lara Zavala, el escritor que encontraba difícil escribir su propia historia". El Universal. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
External links
- "Hernán Lara Zavala". Enciclopedia de la literatura en México. Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas.
- Hernán Lara Zavala at IMDb