Yesenia García

Born: 28 March 1982, Mexico
Died: NA
Country most active: Mexico
Also known as: NA

The following is republished with kind permission from the Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México.

Escritora y artista visual mexicana. Estudió la Licenciatura en Artes Plásticas y la Maestría en Artes en la Universidad de Guanajuato ug. Estudió caligrafía japonesa con la maestra Midori Kato Tsukazawa en el Centro de Idiomas de Guanajuato.

Cuentos y microrrelatos suyos forman parte de dos antologías colectivas guanajuatenses. Un fragmento de novela suya también aparece en una antología nacional. Ha colaborado en Confabulario, El Gran Vidrio y Sin Embargo.

Fue becaria en la Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas flm (Narrativa) 2007-2008 y del Fondo para las Letras Guanajuatenses (cuento y novela) 2015. Ha ganado los siguientes premios: 1er. lugar en Cuento, Espiral, 2010; 1er. lugar Ensayo Crítico, Premio Estímulos, 2010; 1er. lugar Cuento, Creación Literaria Espiral, 2011; 2 º lugar Ensayo, Creación Literaria Espiral, 2011.

Mexican writer and visual artist. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and a Master’s degree in Arts from the University of Guanajuato (UG). She studied Japanese calligraphy with Midori Kato Tsukazawa at the Guanajuato Language Center.

Her short stories and micro-fiction are included in two Guanajuato-based anthologies. An excerpt from one of her novels also appears in a national anthology. She has contributed to Confabulario, El Gran Vidrio, and Sin Embargo.

She was a fellow at the Mexican Letters Foundation (FLM) (Narrative) 2007-2008 and at the Guanajuato Letters Fund (short story and novel) 2015. She has won the following awards: 1st place in Short Story, Espiral, 2010; 1st place Critical Essay, Stimulus Award, 2010; 1st place Short Story, Espiral Literary Creation, 2011; 2nd place Essay, Espiral Literary Creation, 2011.

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