Claudia Salazar Jiménez (born 1976) is a Peruvian writer, editor, academic and a cultural manager. Her first novel Blood of the Dawn, set in Peru during the times of internal unrest in the 1980s, was awarded Premio Las Américas.
Claudia Salazar Jiménez | |
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 Salazar Jiménez at the National Book Festival, 2019 | |
| Born | 5 July 1976 Lima, Peru |
| Occupation | Writer, editor |
| Nationality | Peruvian |
Early life and education edit
Claudia Salazar Jiménez was born on 5 July,[1] 1976, in Lima, Peru.[2] She attended the National University of San Marcos, where she studied literature, then she completed doctoral studies in Latin American literature at the New York University.[2]
Career edit
Claudia Salazar Jiménez is regarded as one of the prominent literary voices of her generation in Peru.[3] She funded the Fuegos de Arena literary magazine[3] and edited Latin American literature anthologies, such as Escribir en Nueva York. Antología de narradores hispanoamericanos.[1][4] She also published her own short fiction in journals and anthologies,[2][5] such as Basta. 100 mujeres contra la violencia de género (2012) or Denominación de origen: Perú. Antología del cuento peruano (2014).[5] She was awarded Premio TUMI a la Excelencia Profesional.[1]
Her debut novel Blood of the Dawn (La sangre de la aurora) was published in 2013.[2] The work, written from a woman's point of view[4][6] and set in the 80s in Peru, during the times of internal unrest and the Shining Path,[7] was one of the first in Peru to focus on exploring the links between gender-based violence, ethnicity and race of that period, criticising violence against Quechua women and showing their ways of resisting.[8] The novel won the Premio Las Américas (2014).[2][7] In a review written for NPR, Michael Schaub called the book "beautiful, horrifying work of art".[6]
Apart from her literary work, Salazar Jiménez also applies herself as a cultural manager; she founded and headed PeruFest, which was the first Peruvian cinema festival in the city of New York.[1][3]
She was professor at Sarah Lawrence College[5][9] and, as of 2023, is part of the faculty of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where her area of expertise is, among others, Latin American literature and creative writing.[10] She is the recipient of Premio Sylvia Molloy award for her academic work.[1]
Works edit
as author edit
- La sangre de la aurora, 2013,[2] English edition: Blood of the Dawn, trans. by Elizabeth Bryer[6]
- Coordenadas temporales, 2016[1]
- 1814, año de la Independencia, 2017[1]
as editor edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Hablemos Escritoras · Perfil de Escritora: Claudia Salazar Jiménez". Hablemos Escritoras (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Claudia Salazar Jiménez". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ a b c "Claudia Salazar Jiménez". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ a b "Claudia Salazar Jiménez Archives". Latin American Literature Today. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ a b c d "Conservatorio con la escritora Claudia Salazar Jiménez con "La sangre de la aurora"". Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ a b c Schaub, Michael (2016-11-17). "Beautiful, Horrifying 'Blood Of The Dawn' Gives Voice To Peru's Victims Of Violence". NPR. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ a b Aguilar, Andrea (2014-10-16). "Claudia Salazar Jiménez se alza con el Premio de las Américas". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ Almenara, Erika (2018). "Trauma y memoria en La sangre de la aurora de Claudia Salazar y Magallanes de Salvador del Solar". Letras Femeninas. 43 (2): 59. doi:10.14321/letrfeme.43.2.0055. ISSN 0277-4356. JSTOR 10.14321/letrfeme.43.2.0055. S2CID 191992413 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Claudia Salazar Jiménez to Speak at CSULB". California State University Long Beach. 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Full-Time Faculty". www.cpp.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-10.