Brenda Navarro

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] Her novel Empty Houses won the English Pen Translation Award in 2019.

Brenda Navarro
Born (1982-02-26) February 26, 1982
Mexico City
OccupationWriter
CitizenshipMexico
Alma mater

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Years active2011–present

Biography

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 English Pen Translation Award in 2019. It is set against the backdrop of Mexico's war on drugs.[5][6] 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.[7][8]

Awards
  • Premio Tigre Juan (2020)[9]
  • English Pen Translation Award (2019)[10]

Bibliography

Novels
  • Empty Houses (2018)
  • Ceniza en la boca / Ash in the Mouth (2022)

Short stories

Essay
  • "La construcción de redes, una respuesta antes las políticas migratorias de Estados Unidos" (2018)[13]

Poetry
  • "4 diatribas y media en la Ciudad de México" (2020)

References
  1. "Brenda Navarro | Daunt Books Publishing". dauntbookspublishing.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  2. "Brenda Navarro: narrating the experience of migrating to Spain". Al Día News. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  3. Aguilar, Andrea (February 1, 2020). "Brenda Navarro: "Quería hablar de ese México vacío de mujeres"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  4. Gilmartin, Sarah (March 15, 2021). "Empty Houses: a captivating debut from a writer to watch". The Irish Times. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  5. Cummins, Anthony (February 23, 2021). "Empty Houses by Brenda Navarro review – two women, one missing child". The Guardian. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  6. Gómez Urzaiz, Begoña (May 8, 2020). "Brenda Navarro: "La maternidad es un confinamiento eterno"". Vogue (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  7. "Ceniza en la boca". Indent Literary Agency. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  8. Cook, Grace (April 22, 2022). "Rooms of their own". Financial Times. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  9. "Brenda Navarro, Premio Tigre Juan 2020". El Español (in Spanish). December 15, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  10. Mansfield, Katie (December 20, 2019). "English PEN translation award winners revealed". The Bookseller. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  11. Navarro, Brenda (August 30, 2013). "El asalto a Raúl Castro". Nagari (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  12. Navarro, Brenda (June 29, 2013). "La cobija azul". Nagari (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  13. Navarro, Brenda. "El golpe". Kaja Negra (in Spanish). Retrieved January 5, 2022.


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