Bárbara Mujica (writer)

For the actress, see Bárbara Mujica.

Bárbara Mujica is an American scholar, novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She is an Emeritus Professor of Spanish at Georgetown University.^[1]

Bárbara Mujica
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
Website
www.barbaramujica.com

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. 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).
2. Rolón-Barada, Israel (19 September 2022). "Bárbara Mújica, when intellect and fiction meet". CE Noticias Financieras. Translated by Content Engine LLC. ProQuest 2716026281
3. "Art Sites 6". Washington Review. Washington D.C. 20 (2). 1994. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
4. "Artsites 98 Catalog". Washington Review. Washington D.C. 24 (1). 1998. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
5. Robinson, Roxana (April 15, 2001). "Portrait of the Artist". Washington Post. ProQuest 409067240
6. Vazquez, Enrique (4 August 2021). "Libro Mi hermana Frida de Bárbara Mujica cumple 20 años". Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
7. Vazques, Enrique (18 September 2022). "Jalisco. Bárbara Mujica habla de su última novela Miss del Río". Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
8. 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.
9. Tenenbaum, Barbara (May 1990). "Books: The Deaths of Don Bernardo". Americas. 42 (3): 63. ProQuest 235259342
10. Smith, Dawn (July 1998). "Sanchez Across the Street and Other Stories". Americas. 50 (4): 63. ProQuest 235276048
11. Bencastro, Mario (March 1993). "Reviewing Barbara Mujica". Americas. 45 (2) – via MasterFILE Complete.
12. 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
13. 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.
14. "Imagining Iraq". Kirkus Reviews. December 15, 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. Cunningham, Lawrence S. (September 10, 2010). "Teresa de Ávila". Commonweal. 137 (15) – via MasterFILE Complete.
18. 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.

External links

• Official website
• Georgetown University faculty profile