Elisa Mújica
Elisa Mújica Velásquez (21 January, 1918 – 27 March, 2003) was a Colombian writer. She published novels, short stories, essays, books for children as well as interviews, book reviews and columns for local newspapers El Tiempo and El Espectador. She was a member of the Academia Colombiana de la Lengua and the Real Academia Española.
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Elisa Mújica
- Name
- Elisa Mújica
- Birth Name
- Elisa Mújica Velásquez
- Born
- 21 January 1918
- Birthplace
- Bucaramanga, Colombia
- Died
- 27 March 2003
- Place of death
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Occupation
- Writer, poet
- Nationality
- Colombia.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Elisa Mújica (21 janvier 1918 – 27 mars 2003) fut écrivaine, « Romanschriftstellerin », « Prosaistin », essayiste, journaliste et bibliothécaire.
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La naissance d'Elisa Mújica est enregistrée le 21 janvier 1918, et le décès le 27 mars 2003 à Bogotá. Le lieu de naissance d'Elisa Mújica est Bucaramanga, selon la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek et la Bibliothèque nationale de France. La Bibliothèque nationale de France donne la forme plus précise Bucaramanga, Colombie.
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Biography
Biography
In 2018, the award Premio Nacional de Narrativa Elisa Mújica was created in order to recognize the work of unpublished female authors and to honor her 100th birth anniversary.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Elisa Mújica • Birth Name — Elisa Mújica Velásquez • Born — 21 January 1918 • Birthplace — Bucaramanga, Colombia • Died — 27 March 2003 • Place of death — Bogotá, Colombia • Genre — Novel, short story • Language — Spanish • Occupation — Writer, poet
Career
Career
She worked as an assistant at the Ministry of Communications. Later, between 1936 and 1943, she worked as the personal secretary of future President of Colombia Carlos Lleras Restrepo. During these days, she was close to the Grupo Bachué, one of the most important artistic avant-garde movements in Colombia. Later, she worked at the Quito Embassy between 1943 and 1945. She published her novel Los dos tiempos in 1949. She lived in Spain in the 1950s and was an influence to her niece, the poet and journalist María Mercedes Carranza. In Ecuador she had met members from El grupo de Guayaquil and become a supporter of marxism and communism. However, she was also interested in figures such as Sor Teresa de Jesús and Sor Francisca Josefa del Castillo. In 1964 she wrote the essay La aventura demorada. Ensayo sobre santa Teresa de Jesús. She also received a special recognition by the Premio Esso for her novel Catalina in 1962. In the 1980s, Mújica was a member of the Academia Colombiana de la Lengua and the Real Academia Española.
Novels
Novels
• Los dos tiempos, 1949 • Catalina, 1963 • Bogotá de las nubes, 1984
Essays
Essays
• El Indio en América: síntesis de obras americanas sobre el problema indígena, 1948 • La aventura demorada: ensayo sobre santa Teresa de Jesús, 1951 • La Candelaria, 1974 • Introducción a Santa Teresa, 1981 • Las altas torres del humo: raíces del cuento popular en Colombia, 1985 • Sor Francisca Josefa de Castillo, 1991
Short stories
Short stories
• Ángela y el diablo, 1953 • Árbol de ruedas, 1972 • "Prólogo"; "La Montaña"; "Las reclusas"; "La biblioteca"; "La acacia"; "El visitante"; "El espejo y el rubí"; "El aeropuerto"; "La palmera"; "La perla"; "El documento"; "La silla giratoria"; "El retrato" • La tienda de las imágenes, 1987 • Cuentos, 2009
Autobiography
Autobiography
• Diario: 1968–1971, 2008
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Elisa Mujica. Her recorded language was Spanish.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1918
Elisa Mújica born at Bucaramanga.
2003
Elisa Mújica died at Bogotá.
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Bucaramanga.
Birth place
Bogotá.
Death place
Criticism
• Reminiscencias de Santafé de Bogotá, de José María Cordovez Moure, Aguilar, 1957
Awards and recognition
• "Tribute of admiration" from the jury of the 1962 Esso Literature Prize, for her novel Catalina
Children's literature
• La Expedición Botánica contada a los niños, 1978 • Bestiario, 1980 • Pequeño Bestiario, 1990 • Las casas que hablan: guía histórica del barrio de la Candelaria de Santa Fé de Bogotá, 1994 • Cuentos para niños de La Candelaria, 1997
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Cristina Bendek gana el premio ‘Elisa Mújica’. La Opinión. September 27, 2018.
- 2.Amaya Méndez, Nelly Rocío. Elisa Mújica: verdadera vocación por la escritura. publicaciones.banrepcultural.org. 2001.
- 3.Jáuregui, Carlos. Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. 71–76. 2000.
- 4.Elisa Mújica. Banrepcultural.
- 5.Quintana, Pilar. ¿Por qué nadie me habló de Elisa Mújica?. Diario de paz Colombia.
- 6.Ballesteros Rosas, Luisa. La escritora en la sociedad latinoamericana. University of Valle. 252. 1997. 9789586701143.
- 7.Silva, Yamile. Narrar la violencia con voz femenina: Elisa Mújica, Albalucía Ángel y Laura Restrepo. Estudios de Literatura Colombiana. 21. 57–72. July–December 2007.
- 8.Schultze-Kraft, Markus. Pacificación y poder civil en Centroamérica. Editorial Norma. 90. 1 January 2005. 9789580489528.
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