- Liliana V. Blum
Liliana V. Blum (born 1974) is a Mexican short story writer. She is one of the first Mexican writers of her generation to be translated into English.
Biography
Liliana V. Blum was born in Durango, Mexico, in 1974. She is the author of "The Curse of Eve and Other Stories", forthcoming from Host Publications. English translations of her stories have appeared in various literary journals, including "Eclectica", "
Mslexia ", "storySouth ", and "Blackbird".She received her bachelor's degree in
Comparative Literature from theUniversity of Kansas and her master's degree from Tec de Monterey.Blum has lived in
Ciudad Madero ,Tamaulipas since 1997.Writers who influenced her work include
Rosario Castellanos ,Margaret Atwood , andBret Easton Ellis .In 2005, Her story "Kisses on the Forehead" was selected for "
storySouth "'s Million Writers Award Notable Stories.Bibliography
*"The Curse of Eve and Other Stories" (Host Publications, forthcoming)
"The Curse of Eve and Other Stories"
"The Curse of Eve and Other Stories" is Blum's first book to appear in English. It contains twenty-four stories, and most of them have female protagonists.
External links
* [http://lasalasdelalacran.blog.com/ Liliana V. Blum's blog]
* [http://evetrenzas.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_evetrenzas_archive.html Eve Gil's article about Liliana V. Blum (originally published in Excélsior)]
* [http://www.storysouth.com/millionwriters/2005notablestories.html 2005 Notable Stories]
* [http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/ Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts]
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