Fernanda Melchor (born 1982,

Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

, Mexico) is a Mexicans, Mexican writer best known for her novel ''Hurricane Season (novel), Hurricane Season'' for which she won the 2019 Anna Seghers Prize and a place on the shortlist for the 2020 International Booker Prize.

Life and career

Melchor graduated with a degree in Journalism from the Universidad Veracruzana where she was Coordinator of Communication of the Veracruz-Del Río campus. Melchor has published fiction and nonfiction in ''The Paris Review'', ''La Palabra y el Hombre, Letras Libres, Excélsior, Replicante,'' ''Milenio semanal, Le Monde diplomatique, Vice Latinoamérica, GQ Latinoamérica'' and ''Vanity Fair Latinoamerica.'' She began her writing career in 2013 with the publication of ''Aquí no es Miami'' (2013), a collection of literary journalism, and ''Falsa Liebre (2013)'', her first novel. ''Hurricane Season (novel), Hurricane Season'' ''—''a novel based on the murder of a witch in a small town in Melchor's home state, Veracruz—was featured as one of the best novels in Mexico in 2017 The book has been translated into German by Angelica Ammar and into English by Sophie Hughes. It won the 2020 International Literature Award of the Haus der Kulturen in Germany, and was shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. In 2015, Melchor was included in a Conaculta's anthology as one of the featured Mexican authors under 40 years old. In 2018, Melchor won the PEN Mexico Award for Literary and Journalistic Excellence In 2019, Melchor was awarded the International Literature Award as well as the Anna Seghers-Preis along with the German writer Joshua Gross. Melchor's 2021 book, ''Paradais'', translated by Sophie Hughes, was shortlisted for the LA Times Book Prize. In September 2023 the English translation of ''Aquí no es Miami'' (''This is Not Miami'') was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. In 2024, she received the Ryszard Kapuściński Award, an international literary prize in the genre of literary reportage, for her book ''Aquí no es Miami'' (''This is Not Miami'').

Bibliography

* ''Aquí no es Miami'' (2013). ''This Is Not Miami'', trans. Sophie Hughes (2023) * ''Falsa liebre'' (2013) * ''Temporada de huracanes'' (2017). ''Hurricane Season (novel), Hurricane Season'', trans. Sophie Hughes (2020) * ''Páradais'' (2021). ''Paradais'', trans. Sophie Hughes (2022)

Awards and honors

* Winner of the First Essay Contest on by the National Human Rights Commission (Mexico), CNDH, 2002 * Winner of the Literary Virtuality Casa de Letras, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2007 * Winner of the Journalism Award of the Journalism Foundation Rubén Pabello Acosta, 2009 * Winner of the Chronicle National Award Dolores Guerrero, 2011 * Winner of the Pen Club Prize for Journalistic and Literary Excellence, 2018 * Winner of the International Literature Award, 2019 * Winner of the Anna Seghers-Preis, 2019 for ''Hurricane Season'' * Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 for ''Hurricane Season'' *Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, Dublin International Literary Awards 2021 for ''Hurricane Season'' * Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022 for ''Paradais'' * Winner of the Ryszard Kapuściński Award for "This is not Miami", 2024

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melchor, Fernanda Mexican women novelists Writers from Veracruz 21st-century Mexican women writers 21st-century Mexican novelists 1983 births Living people