Socorro Venegas (born in 1972) is a Mexican writer.
Biography
Socorro Venegas was born in
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí, officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí, is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 59 municipalities and is named after its capital city, San Luis Potosí.
It ...
in 1972. She currently lives in
Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...
.
Her short story collection ''Todas las islas'' was the winner of the 2002 Premio Nacional de Poesía y Cuento "Benemérito de América."
In 2004, her first novel, ''Será negra y blanca'', won the Premio Nacional de Novela Ópera Prima "Carlos Fuentes."
Her stories have appeared in various anthologies, including ''Nuevas voces de la narrativa mexicana'' (2003) and ''Los mejores cuentos mexicanos 2004'' (The Best Mexican Short Stories 2004).
Translations of her stories have appeared in ''Concho River Review'',
''The Modern Review'', ''Literal,'' and ''The Listening Eye'', among other publications.
Bibliography
;Book-length works
*''Será negra y blanca'' (Premio Nacional de Novela Ópera Prima "Carlos Fuentes" 2004)
*''Todas las islas'' (VI Premio Nacional de Poesía y Cuento "Benemérito de América" 2002)
*''La muerte más blanca'' (2000)
*''La risa de las azucenas'' (1997)
*''Habitación''
;Short fiction
"The Giant and the Moon"''Bewildering Stories'' October 2019
"Solitude on Maps"''Compressed'' October 2019
"The Sweet Smell of a Cornered Creature"''Bodega'' 85 September 2019
"The Laughter of White Lilies"''trampset'' May 2019
External links
*http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~fernand4/entre/venegas.html (in Spanish)
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21st-century Mexican women writers
Mexican women short story writers
Mexican short story writers
Living people
1972 births
People from Cuernavaca