Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny
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Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny is a novelist and short story writer born in Hermosillo
, Sonora
, Mexico
, in 1973. She studied Hispanic literature at the Universidad de Sonora
and began her career as a teacher, and she still teaches classes at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiors de Monterrey in creative writing. She learned to write through workshops given by other authors such as Abrigael Bohórquez
, Héctor Manjarrez, David Martín del Cammpo and Cristina Rivera-Garza. Her works include Altanoche, La Tempestad, Las Hojas de la Mancuspia, Milenio, Néctar y Picnic and a large number of magazine articles. Her work has won Concurso de Libro Sonorense in 2003, the Concurso de Cuento Cristina Rivera-Garza in 2005, and an honorable mention in the Concurso de Libro Sonorense in 2000.
Hermosillo
Hermosillo is a city and municipality located centrally in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the capital and main economic center for the state and region. It contains almost all of the state's manufacturing and has thirty percent of its population...
, Sonora
Sonora
Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, in 1973. She studied Hispanic literature at the Universidad de Sonora
Universidad de Sonora
The University of Sonora is located in the state of Sonora, Mexico. It was founded in 1942 after a committee to create a state university was formed on August 10, 1938.- Overview :...
and began her career as a teacher, and she still teaches classes at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiors de Monterrey in creative writing. She learned to write through workshops given by other authors such as Abrigael Bohórquez
Abrigael Bohórquez
Abrigael Bohórquez was a poet and playwright born in Caborca, Sonora, Mexico in 1936, many of which are social criticisms. He was also one of the first writers to deal with the theme of homosexuality in Mexican poetry. His first book was Ensayos Poéticos in 1955, when he was just nineteen years old...
, Héctor Manjarrez, David Martín del Cammpo and Cristina Rivera-Garza. Her works include Altanoche, La Tempestad, Las Hojas de la Mancuspia, Milenio, Néctar y Picnic and a large number of magazine articles. Her work has won Concurso de Libro Sonorense in 2003, the Concurso de Cuento Cristina Rivera-Garza in 2005, and an honorable mention in the Concurso de Libro Sonorense in 2000.