Bárbara Mujica | |
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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 |
Bárbara Mujica is an American scholar, novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She is an Emeritus Professor of Spanish at Georgetown University. [1] Her novels include Frida (2001), Sister Teresa (2007), and Miss del Río (2022).
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]
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]
Bárbara Mujica | |
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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 |
Bárbara Mujica is an American scholar, novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She is an Emeritus Professor of Spanish at Georgetown University. [1] Her novels include Frida (2001), Sister Teresa (2007), and Miss del Río (2022).
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]
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]