Luis Zapata (writer) explained
| Luis Zapata |
| Birth Name: | Luis Zapata Quiroz |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Death Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation: | Writer, novelist |
| Known For: | El vampiro de la colonia Roma |
Luis Zapata Quiroz (27 April 1951 – 4 November 2020)[1] was one of the most prominent gay writers in Mexican literature.[2]
Career
Born in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, on 27 April 1951, Luis Zapata studied French literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In addition to his novels (most famously, El vampiro de la colonia Roma, 1979), he also wrote plays and short stories and was active in the field of cultural journalism. He was also a specialist translator of medieval French.
Zapata died in Mexico City on 4 November 2020, after being hospitalized in Morelos a month earlier.[3]
Select Novels
- Hasta en las mejores familias (Even in the Best of Families), 1975[4]
- El vampiro de la colonia Roma (Adonis Garcia, A Picaresque Novel), 1979
- De pétalos perennes (Perennial Petals), 1981
- Melodrama, 1983
- En jirones (In Tatters), 1985
- La hermana secreta de Angélica María (Angélica Maria's Secret Sister), 1989
- ¿Por qué mejor no nos vamos? (Why Don't We Just Leave?), 1992
- La más fuerte pasión (The Strongest Passion), 1995
- Los postulados del buen golpista, 1995
- Siete noches junto al mar, 1999
- La historia de siempre (The Same Story As Always), 2007[5]
- Escena y farsa es la vida (2014)[6]
- Como sombras y sueños (2014)[6]
- Autobiografía póstuma (2014)[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Luis Zapata, un clásico de la literatura gay en México. 4 November 2020.
- Robert Aldrich and Garry Votherspoon, Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History Vol. 2: From World War II to the Present Day. p. 460. Taylor & Francis, 2001. .
- https://elfinanciero.com.mx/reflector/fallece-escritor-luis-zapata-autor-del-vampiro-de-la-colonia-roma Fallece escritor Luis Zapata, autor de ‘El vampiro de la Colonia Roma
- Web site: Hasta en las mejores familias. Encliclopedia de la literatura México. 5 November 2020. es.
- Web site: La Historia De Siempre / The Same Story As Always (Spanish Edition) . Good Reads. 5 November 2020.
- Web site: Luis Zapata, escribir para vivir o la escritura como supervivencia . Inventio. 5 November 2020. es.
- Web site: Zapata, Luis, 1951-. Library of Congress. 5 November 2020.
