Angelina Muñiz-Huberman

Angelina Muñiz-Huberman (Spanish pronunciation: [anxeˈlina muˈɲis uˈβermãn]; born December 29, 1936–) is a Mexican writer and poet.[1] She is a recipient of the Xavier Villaurrutia Award and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.

Angelina Muñiz-Huberman
BornAngelina Muñiz
(1936-12-29) December 29, 1936
Hyères
LanguageSpanish
NationalityMexican
Genrelyrics, prose
Notable worksEl siglo del desencanto (2002)
Notable awardsXavier Villaurrutia Award

Biography

She was born in Hyères in France to parents who had fled the Spanish Civil War.[1] She converted to Judaism after discovering her Sephardic ancestry. After briefly living in Cuba, in 1942 the Muñiz family moved to Mexico City.[2] She studied at City University of New York and at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and has . Ph.D. in literature. She is a professor of comparative literature at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Muñiz-Huberman won the 1985 Xavier Villaurrutia Award for her short story "Huerto Cerrado, Huerto Sellado". In 1993, she won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for Dulcinea Encantada. In 2003, the Woman of Valor Award.

Bibliography
  • "Arritmias" (2015)
  • "Hacia Malinalco" (2014)
  • "Dreaming of Safed" (2014)
  • "Las vueltas a la noria" (2013)
  • "Rompeolas" (2012)
  • "A Mystical Journey" (2011)
  • "En el jardín de la Cábala" (2008)
  • "La burladora de Toledo" (2008)
  • "La sombra que cobija" (2007)
  • "La pausa figurada" (2006)
  • "El sefardí romántico" (2005)
  • "Cantos treinta de otoño" (2005)
  • "La tregua de la inocencia" (2003)
  • "Areúsa en los conciertos" (2002)
  • El siglo del desencanto (2002)
  • "Molinos sin viento" (2001)
  • "Trotsky en Coyoacán" (2000)
  • "El canto del peregrino" (1999)
  • "Conato de extranjería (1999)
  • "La sal en el rostro" (1998)
  • El mercader de Tudela (1998)
  • The Confidantes (1997)
  • "El trazo y el vuelo" (1997)
  • "Castillos en la tierra (1995)
  • "La memoria del aire (1995)
  • "Dulcinée" (1994)
  • Las raíces y las ramas: fuentes y derivaciones de la Cábala hispanohebrea (1993)
  • "El ojo de la creación" (1992)
  • Dulcinea Encantada (1992)
  • "Narrativa relativa" (1992)
  • "AM-H. El juego de escribir" (1991)
  • "Serpientes y escaleras" (1991)
  • "Primicias" (1990)
  • "El libro de Míriam" (1990)
  • La lengua florida: antología sefardí (1989)
  • "Enclosed Garden" (1998)
  • De magias y pródigios: transmutaciones (1987)
  • Huerto Cerrado, Huerto Sellado (1985)
  • "La guerra del Unicornio" (1983)
  • "Vilano al viento" (1982)
  • Tierra adentro (1977)
  • Morada interior (1972)

References
  1. Lockhart, Darrell. "Muñiz-Huberman, Angelina". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  2. Fister, Barbara (1995). Third world women's literatures: a dictionary and guide to materials in English. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 211. ISBN 0-313-28988-3.
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