Lara Zavala in 2018

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 was educated at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of East Anglia (MA, 1981). He was awarded the José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature in 1995.[1] In 2010 he was awarded the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language prize [es].[2]

Hernán Lara Zavala died on 15 March 2025, at the age of 79.[3]

Works

Lara Zavala's published works included the following:[4]

  • 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

  1. ^ "El Fuentes Mares para García Mainou". eleconomista.com. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Mexico's Hernan Lara Zavala Wins Spanish Literary Prize". Latin American Herald Tribune. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. ^ Muere el escritor mexicano Hernán Lara Zavala a los 79 años (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Juárez Bautista, Frida (15 March 2025). "Hernán Lara Zavala, el escritor que encontraba difícil escribir su propia historia". El Universal. Retrieved 18 March 2025.


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