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Luis Zapata (writer)

Luis Zapata Quiroz (27 April 1951 – 4 November 2020)[1] was one of the most prominent gay writers in Mexican literature.[2]

Luis Zapata
Born
Luis Zapata Quiroz

(1951-04-27)27 April 1951
Died4 November 2020(2020-11-04) (aged 69)
Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation(s)Writer, novelist
Known forEl vampiro de la colonia Roma

Career edit

Born in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, on 27 April 1951, Luis Zapata studied French literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In addition to his novels (most famously, El vampiro de la colonia Roma, 1979), he also wrote plays and short stories and was active in the field of cultural journalism. He was also a specialist translator of medieval French.[1]

Zapata died in Mexico City on 4 November 2020, after being hospitalized in Morelos a month earlier.[3]

Select Novels edit

  • Hasta en las mejores familias (Even in the Best of Families), 1975[4]
  • El vampiro de la colonia Roma (Adonis Garcia, A Picaresque Novel), 1979[5]
  • De pétalos perennes (Perennial Petals), 1981[5]
  • Melodrama, 1983[5]
  • En jirones (In Tatters), 1985[5]
  • La hermana secreta de Angélica María (Angélica Maria's Secret Sister), 1989[5]
  • ¿Por qué mejor no nos vamos? (Why Don't We Just Leave?), 1992[5]
  • La más fuerte pasión (The Strongest Passion), 1995[5]
  • Los postulados del buen golpista, 1995[5]
  • Siete noches junto al mar, 1999[5]
  • La historia de siempre (The Same Story As Always), 2007[6]
  • Escena y farsa es la vida (2014)[7]
  • Como sombras y sueños (2014)[7]
  • Autobiografía póstuma (2014)[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Luis Zapata, un clásico de la literatura gay en México". 4 November 2020.
  2. ^ Robert Aldrich and Garry Votherspoon, Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History Vol. 2: From World War II to the Present Day. p. 460. Taylor & Francis, 2001. ISBN 0203994086.
  3. ^ Fallece escritor Luis Zapata, autor de ‘El vampiro de la Colonia Roma (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Hasta en las mejores familias". Encliclopedia de la literatura México (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Zapata, Luis, 1951-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ "La Historia De Siempre / The Same Story As Always (Spanish Edition)". Good Reads. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Luis Zapata, escribir para vivir o la escritura como supervivencia". Inventio (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2020.


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