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'''Hernán Lara Zavala''' (Hopelchén, 1946 - ) is a [[Mexican]] author, editor and university professor. He earned a Master's degree in Letras Hispánicas at the UNAM, and studied "Estudios sobre la novela" at East Anglia University, England. | '''Hernán Lara Zavala''' (Hopelchén, 1946 - ) is a [[Mexican]] author, editor and university professor. He earned a Master's degree in Letras Hispánicas at the UNAM, and studied "Estudios sobre la novela" at East Anglia University, England. | ||
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In 2011, Lara was awarded the [[Justo Sierra Mendez]] medal. | In 2011, Lara was awarded the [[Justo Sierra Mendez]] medal. | ||
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== Some works == | == Some works == | ||
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* ''De Zitilchén'', 1981. | * ''De Zitilchén'', 1981. | ||
* ''El mismo cielo'', 1987; Premio Latinoamericano de Narrativa Colima. | * ''El mismo cielo'', 1987; Premio Latinoamericano de Narrativa Colima. | ||
Revision as of 14:50, January 31, 2011
Hernán Lara Zavala (Hopelchén, 1946 - ) is a Mexican author, editor and university professor. He earned a Master's degree in Letras Hispánicas at the UNAM, and studied "Estudios sobre la novela" at East Anglia University, England.
Lara was awarded the 2010 Royal Academy of the Spanish Language prize. His novel Peninsula, Peninsula was honored in 2009 with the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-American Prize.
"It is an admirable, splendid novel" that analyzes "without Manicheisms" the Caste War, Jose Maria Merino said, while for Jose Antonio Pascual, "Peninsula, Peninsula" is the novel he would love to have written. [1] (Merino, deputy secretary, and Pascual, deputy director of The Royal Spanish Academy)
In 2011, Lara was awarded the Justo Sierra Mendez medal.
Some works
- De Zitilchén, 1981.
- El mismo cielo, 1987; Premio Latinoamericano de Narrativa Colima.
- Las novelas en el Quijote, 1989.
- Despues del amor y otros cuentos, 1994; Premio José Fuentes Mares, 1994.
- Charras, 1995.
- Equipaje de mano, 1995.
- Cuentos escogidos, 1997.
- Viaje al corazón de la península, 1998.
- Amores que matan, 2005: article.
- Peninsula, Peninsula, 2008; a novel about the Caste War of the Yucatan.
External links
- From Península, Península by Hernán Lara Zavala
- Lara Zavala recibirá medalla Justo Sierra. In Spanish.
- El guante negro y otros cuentos. Ed. Alfaguara, México, 2010. In Spanish.