Daniela Tarazona

Daniela Tarazona was born on 23 June 1975, in Mexico City, Mexico.[1] She studied Latin American literature at the Universidad Iberoamericana,[1][2] where she wrote her thesis on Clarice Lispector's The Hour of the Star,[2][3] then continued her education at the University of Salamanca.[1]

Tarazona published her first text when she was 26, in a supplement of the Excélsior.[4] She worked as editor-in-chief for the Hoja por hoja literary supplement of the Reforma.[1] She has also worked for such magazines as Letras Libres, Luvina, Crítica y Renacimiento, as well as weekly supplements of Milenio and Reforma.[1]

In 2006, she gained a Young Creators grant from FONCA, which helped her write her first novel,[3] El animal sobre la piedra (2008).[4] In 2011, she was included in a list of "The 25 Best Kept Secrets in Latin America" at the Guadalajara International Book Fair.[2][5][6] Her second novel, El beso de la liebre (2013) was shortlisted for the Casa de las Américas Prize.[2] In 2022, her novel Isla partida won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.[4][5]

Her works have been translated into Italian,[1] English, French and Czech.[5][6]