María Guadalupe Loaeza Tovar (born August 12, 1946) is a contemporary
Mexican
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writer,
author
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of many books including ''Las Niñas Bien'', ''Las Reinas de Polanco'', ''Debo, Luego Sufro'' and ''Compro, Luego Existo'', in which she ironizes about the Mexican upper class. A participant in
Elena Poniatowska
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's writing workshops in the mid-1980s, she has transformed her success as a chronicler, observer, and critic of the Mexican bourgeoisie and the post-1985 democratization of Mexico into a successful career. Known for her trademark pearl necklace (a family heirloom) and for her
francophile
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tendencies, she has become an influential cultural figure. Some of her books are compilations of her articles published in newspapers such as ''
Unomásuno
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'' and ''
La Jornada
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''. She was born in
Mexico City
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. She had two children from her first marriage. In 2003, Guadalupe Loaeza received the distinction of Chevalier from the
Légion d'Honneur
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of France.
Her short story "Miroslava" was adapted into a 1993
film of the same name, and she also wrote dialogue for the 1997 film ''
Day and Night'' (1997).
As of 2008, Loaeza is a columnist for the ''
Reforma
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'' newspaper and is married to Dr. Enrique Goldbard.
Books
* ''Las niñas bien'' (1985)
* ''Las reinas de Polanco'' (1986)
* ''Primero las damas'' (1988)
* ''Los grillos y otras grillas'' (1990)
* ''Compro, luego existo'' (1992)
* ''Obsesiones'' (1994)
* ''Manual de la gente bien I'' (1995)
* ''Manual de la gente bien II'' (1996)
* ''Sin cuenta'' (1997)
* ''Mujeres maravillosas'' (1997)
* ''El ángel de nuestras nostalgias'' (1998)
* ''Ellas y nosotras'' (1998)
* ''Obsesiones de Sofía'' (1999)
* ''La factura'' (1999)
* ''Debo, luego sufro'' (2000)
* ''Los de arriba'' (2002)
* ''Las yeguas finas'' (2003)
* ''Hombres maravillosos'' (2003)
* ''Simplemente Martita'' (2004)
* ''Por los de abajo'' (2005)
* ''Terremoto'' (2005)
* ''Siempre estará París'' (2005)
* ''Por medio de la presente'' (2006)
* ''Confieso que he leído...¡Hola!'' (2006)
* ''La comedia electoral.. Diario de campaña de una ex niña bien'' (2009)
* ''Las Niñas Bien... 25 Años Despúes'' (2010)
* ''En el closet'' (2011)
* ''La puerta falsa'' (2011)
* ''El Caballero del Titanic'' (2012)
* ''Leer o Morir'' (2013)
* ''Oaxaca de mis amores'' (2016)
See also
*
List of newspapers in Mexico
Newspapers in Mexico include:
Current newspapers
:
Defunct newspapers
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* ''Alkartu (Mexico), Alkartu'', 1942-1947
* ''The American Star''
* '
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* ''El Demócrata Sinaloense'', 1919–1999
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* ''El Diario de Los Mochis''
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References
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1946 births
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
Living people
21st-century Mexican women writers
Mexican women journalists