Claudia Salazar Jiménez | |
|---|---|
 Salazar Jiménez at the National Book Festival, 2019 | |
| Born | 5 July 1976 Lima, Peru |
| Occupation | Writer, editor |
| Nationality | Peruvian |
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.
Early life and education
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
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
as author
as editor
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Hablemos Escritoras · Perfil de Escritora: Claudia Salazar Jiménez". Hablemos Escritoras (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Claudia Salazar Jiménez". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- 1 2 3 "Claudia Salazar Jiménez". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- 1 2 "Claudia Salazar Jiménez Archives". Latin American Literature Today. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- 1 2 3 4 "Conservatorio con la escritora Claudia Salazar Jiménez con "La sangre de la aurora"". Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- 1 2 3 Schaub, Michael (2016-11-17). "Beautiful, Horrifying 'Blood Of The Dawn' Gives Voice To Peru's Victims Of Violence". NPR. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- 1 2 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.