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Brenda Navarro | |
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 Brenda Navarro at the U-tópicas bookstore 2025, by ProtoplasmaKid | |
| Born | February 26, 1982 |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Writing career | |
| Years active | 2011–present |
Brenda Navarro (born 26 February 1982) is a Mexican writer, sociologist, and economist. She researches and writes about women's labour, women's access to culture, digital rights and humanities, and migration.[1]
Biography
[edit]Navarro was born in Mexico City in 1982. She studied sociology and economy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She then went on to study a Master's degree on gender and citizenship at the University of Barcelona.[2] She currently resides in Madrid.[3][4]
In 2016 she founded #EnjambreLiterario, a group of writers who promote writing by women.[1]
Her debut novel Empty Houses was translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes and won the PEN Translates award in 2019.[5] It is set against the backdrop of Mexico's war on drugs.[6][7]
Her second novel Ceniza en la boca (Ash in the Mouth) was released in spring 2022. It focuses on Ulysses syndrome – a chronic stress disorder that affects immigrants.[8][9] In 2025, it was adapted for film, by Diego Luna .[10]
Awards
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]Short stories
[edit]- "El asalto a Raúl Castro" (2011)[17]
- "La cobija azul" (2013)[18]
- "Jauría de perros" (2015)
Essay
[edit]- "La construcción de redes, una respuesta antes las políticas migratorias de Estados Unidos" (2018)[19]
Poetry
[edit]- "4 diatribas y media en la Ciudad de México" (2020)
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Brenda Navarro | Daunt Books Publishing". dauntbookspublishing.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
- ↑ "Brenda Navarro: narrating the experience of migrating to Spain". Al Día News. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
- ↑ Aguilar, Andrea (February 1, 2020). "Brenda Navarro: "Quería hablar de ese México vacío de mujeres"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ↑ Gilmartin, Sarah (March 15, 2021). "Empty Houses: a captivating debut from a writer to watch". The Irish Times. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- 1 2 "Twenty PEN Translates awards go to titles from eighteen countries". English PEN. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
- ↑ Cummins, Anthony (February 23, 2021). "Empty Houses by Brenda Navarro review – two women, one missing child". The Guardian. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ↑ Gómez Urzaiz, Begoña (May 8, 2020). "Brenda Navarro: "La maternidad es un confinamiento eterno"". Vogue (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ↑ "Ceniza en la boca". Indent Literary Agency. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ↑ Cook, Grace (April 22, 2022). "Rooms of their own". Financial Times. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- ↑ Stephan, Katcy (2025-02-13). "Diego Luna to Direct and Co-Write Film Adaptation of Brenda Navarro's 'Ceniza en la Boca' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ↑ "Brenda Navarro, Premio Tigre Juan 2020". El Español (in Spanish). December 15, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ↑ Walker, Chloe (2021-02-25). "Book Review: Empty Houses by Brenda Navarro". Culturefly. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ↑ Cummins, Anthony (2021-02-23). "Empty Houses by Brenda Navarro review – two women, one missing child". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ↑ "Brenda Navarro: Empty Houses review - the pains and pressures of motherhood". theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ↑ Mora, Nicolás Medina (2026-01-20). "Book Review: 'Eating Ashes,' by Brenda Navarro". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ↑ "We Lived Inside Sadness Itself". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2026-01-20. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ↑ Navarro, Brenda (August 30, 2013). "El asalto a Raúl Castro". Nagari (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ↑ Navarro, Brenda (June 29, 2013). "La cobija azul". Nagari (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ↑ Navarro, Brenda. "El golpe". Kaja Negra (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2022.
