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'''Bárbara Mujica''' is an American scholar, novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She is an Emeritus Professor of Spanish at [[Georgetown University]].<ref name="Lewis 2021">{{cite journal |last1=Lewis |first1=Elizabeth Franklin |title=Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica. Ed. Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. De Armas. |journal=Early Modern Women|date=Spring 2021 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=210–213 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/276/article/788007/summary |doi=10.1353/emw.2021.0014|via=Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson)}}</ref> Her novels include ''Frida'' (2001), ''[[Sister Teresa (novel)|Sister Teresa]]'' (2007), and ''Miss del Río'' (2022).
'''Barbara Mujica''' is an American novelist,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vazques |first1=Enrique |title=Jalisco. Bárbara Mujica habla de su última novela Miss del Río |url=https://www.milenio.com/cultura/jalisco-barbara-mujica-novela-miss-rio |website=[[Milenio]] |access-date=14 October 2022 |language=es-MX |date=18 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Vazquez |first1=Enrique |title=Libro Mi hermana Frida de Bárbara Mujica cumple 20 años |url=https://www.milenio.com/cultura/libro-hermana-frida-barbara-mujica-cumple-20-anos |website=[[Milenio]] |access-date=14 October 2022 |language=es-MX |date=4 August 2021}}</ref> short story writer and critic.

==Early life and education==
Mujica attended the [[University of California at Los Angeles]] for her undergraduate education, and studied French literature.<ref name="Rolón-Barada 2022">{{cite news |last1=Rolón-Barada |first1=Israel |title=Bárbara Mújica, when intellect and fiction meet |work=CE Noticias Financieras |agency=Translated by Content Engine LLC |date=19 September 2022}} {{ProQuest|2716026281}}</ref> She then attended [[Sorbonne University]] for graduate study in French, and completed her doctorate at [[New York University]] in Spanish literature, with Antonio Regalado as her dissertation advisor.<ref name="Rolón-Barada 2022"/>

==Career==
Her writing career began with writing short stories, and she also taught Spanish literature.<ref name="Rolón-Barada 2022"/> Mujica was on the board of directors for the ''[[Washington Review]]'' from 1994 through 1998.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/cor5_0_s06_ss01_boxrg5_0_2008_025_21/page/n1/mode/2up?q=Mujica|title=Art Sites 6|volume=20|issue=2|journal=Washington Review|place=Washington D.C.|date=1994|access-date=2022-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/cor5_0_s06_ss01_boxrg5_0_2008_027_17/page/n1/mode/2up?q=Mujica |title=Artsites 98 Catalog|journal=Washington Review|volume=24|issue=1|place=Washington D.C.|date=1998|access-date=2022-09-24}}</ref>

In the late 1990s, Mujica developed a draft for what became the biographical novel ''Frida'', based on the life of [[Frida Kahlo]], which was first published in 2001<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Roxana |title=Portrait of the Artist |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=April 15, 2001}} {{ProQuest|409067240}}</ref> and has since been translated into 18 languages.<ref name="Rolón-Barada 2022"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Vazquez |first1=Enrique |title=Libro Mi hermana Frida de Bárbara Mujica cumple 20 años |url=https://www.milenio.com/cultura/libro-hermana-frida-barbara-mujica-cumple-20-anos |website=[[Milenio]] |access-date=14 October 2022 |language=es-MX |date=4 August 2021}}</ref> In 2007, she published the historical novel ''[[Sister Teresa (novel)|Sister Teresa]]'', about the woman who became Saint [[Teresa of Ávila]], and the book was translated into Spanish in 2017.<ref name="Rolón-Barada 2022"/> Her next novel, ''I am Venus'', a fictional biography of the model for the ''[[Rokeby Venus|La Venus del espejo]]'' painting by [[Diego Velázquez]], was published in 2013.<ref name="Rolón-Barada 2022"/> Her novel ''Miss del Rio'', published in 2022, is about the life of the movie star [[Dolores del Río]].<ref name="Rolón-Barada 2022"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Vazques |first1=Enrique |title=Jalisco. Bárbara Mujica habla de su última novela Miss del Río |url=https://www.milenio.com/cultura/jalisco-barbara-mujica-novela-miss-rio |website=[[Milenio]] |access-date=14 October 2022 |language=es-MX |date=18 September 2022}}</ref>

In 2019, an essay collection was published to honor her scholarly work, titled ''Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica''.<ref name="Lewis 2021" /><ref>Additional reviews of ''Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain''
*{{cite journal |last1=Gyulamiryan |first1=Tatevik |title=Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica ed. by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. de Armas (review) |journal=[[Hispania (journal)|Hispania]] |date=September 2020 |volume=103 |issue=3 |pages=423–424|doi=10.1353/hpn.2020.0074 |via=Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson)}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Fernández |first1=Esther |title=Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: a tribute to Bárbara Mujica: edited by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. De Armas, Newark, University of Delaware Press, 2019 |journal=[[Social History (journal)|Social History]] |date=May 2021 |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=221–222 |doi=10.1080/03071022.2021.1896237|via=SocINDEX with Full Text}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Coolidge |first1=Grace E. |title=Women warriors in early modern Spain: a tribute to Bárbara Mujica: edited by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. de Armas, Newark, University of Delaware Press, 2019 |journal=Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies |date=September 2021 |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=441–443 |doi=10.1080/14636204.2021.1960756|via=Academic Search Complete}}</ref>

==Selected works==
===Fiction===
*''The Deaths of Don Bernardo'' (1990, novel)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tenenbaum |first1=Barbara |title=Books: The Deaths of Don Bernardo |journal=Americas |date=May 1990 |volume=42 |issue=3 |page=63}} {{ProQuest|235259342}}</ref>
*''Sanchez across the Street and Other Stories'' (1997, short stories)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Dawn |title=Sanchez Across the Street and Other Stories |journal=Americas |date=July 1998 |volume=50 |issue=4 |page=63}} {{ProQuest|235276048}}</ref>
*''Far from My Mother's Home'' (1999, short stories)<ref name="Bencastro 1993">{{cite journal |last1=Bencastro |first1=Mario |title=Reviewing Barbara Mujica |journal=Americas |date=March 1993 |volume=45 |issue=2|via=MasterFILE Complete}}</ref>
*''Frida'' (2001, novel)<ref>Reviews of ''Frida''
*{{cite journal |last1=Bader |first1=Eleanor J. |title=Frida |journal=[[Library Journal]] |date=November 15, 2000 |volume=125 |issue=19 |page=97}} {{ProQuest|196806318}}
*{{cite news |title=Frida |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/barbara-mujica/frida/ |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=December 15, 2000}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Seaman |first1=Donna |title=frida |journal=[[Booklist]] |date=January 2001 |volume=97 |issue=9/10}} {{ProQuest|235515142}}
*{{cite news |title=Frida |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781585670741 |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=January 1, 2001}}
*{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Emily |title=Books in Brief: Fiction & Poetry |work=[[New York Times]] |date=January 28, 2001}} {{ProQuest|2233005938}}
*{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Roxana |title=Portrait of an Artist |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 15, 2001}} {{ProQuest|409067240}}
*{{cite news |last1=Sabo |first1=Mary Ann |title=Tumult of artist's life shown through sister's eyes in 'Frida |work=[[Grand Rapids Press]] |date=May 13, 2001}} {{ProQuest|262184844}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Holmer |first1=Joan Ozark |title=Frida |journal=Americas |date=January 2002 |volume=54 |issue=1 |page=63}} {{ProQuest|235281086}}
*{{cite news |last1=Reyna |first1=Bessy |title=Riding the Frida Train; Two New Novels Tell The Story of Artist Kahlo, Who Married Mexico's Most Famous Painter and Romanced the World |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=14 April 2002}} {{ProQuest|256489003}}</ref>
*''[[Sister Teresa (novel)|Sister Teresa]]'' (2007, novel)
*''I Am Venus'' (2013, novel)<ref>Reviews of ''I Am Venus''
*{{cite news |title=I am Venus |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/barbara-mujica/i-am-venus/ |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=May 1, 2013}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Teahan |first1=Liz |title=I am Venus |journal=[[Booklist]] |date=May 15, 2013 |volume=109 |issue=18 |page=21|via=MasterFILE Complete}}</ref>
*''Imagining Iraq'' (2021, short stories)<ref>{{cite news |title=Imagining Iraq |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/barbara-mujica-1/imagining-iraq-stories/ |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=December 15, 2020}}</ref>
*''Miss del Río'' (2022, novel)<ref>Reviews of ''Miss del Río''
*{{cite journal |last1=Martinez |first1=Sara |title=Miss Del Rio |journal=[[Booklist]] |date=September 1, 2022 |volume=119 |issue=1 |page=40}} {{ProQuest|2709982334}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Jimenez |first1=Migdalia |title=Miss del Río: A Novel of Dolores del Río, the First Major Latina Star in Hollywood |journal=[[Library Journal]] |date=September 2022 |volume=147 |issue=9|via=Education Research Complete}}
*{{cite news |last1=Ardila |first1=Erika |title='Miss del Río,' a novel based on the life of the first Latina in Hollywood |url=https://aldianews.com/en/culture/books-and-authors/novel-about-miss-del-rio |access-date=31 January 2023 |work=[[Al Día (Philadelphia)|Al Día]] |date=December 8, 2022}}</ref>

===Nonfiction===
*''Women Writers of Early Modern Spain: Sophia's Daughters'' ([[Yale University]] Press, 2004)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Spieker |first1=Joseph |title=Reviewed Work: Women Writers of Early Modern Spain: Sophia's Daughters by Barbara Mujica |journal=Hispanic Journal |date=Spring 2006 |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=159–161 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44284813 |access-date=1 February 2023 |publisher=[[Indiana University of Pennsylvania]]|jstor=44284813 }}</ref><ref name="Lewis 2021"/>
*''Espiritualidad y feminismo: Santa Teresa de Jesus'' (Ediciones del Orto, 2007)
*''Teresa de Avila, Lettered Women'' ([[Vanderbilt University]] Press, 2009)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cunningham |first1=Lawrence S. |title=Teresa de Ávila |journal=[[Commonweal (magazine)|Commonweal]] |date=September 10, 2010 |volume=137 |issue=15|via=MasterFILE Complete}}</ref>
*''Shakespeare and the Spanish Comedia'' (Bucknell University Press 2013)<ref name="Lewis 2021"/>
*''A New Anthology of Early Modern Spanish Theater: Play and Playtext'' ([[Yale University Press]] 2014)<ref name="Lewis 2021"/>
*''Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Avila'' (2020).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Laura |title=Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Ávila |journal=European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire |date=2022 |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=363–364 |doi=10.1080/13507486.2021.1908757 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13507486.2021.1908757?journalCode=cerh20 |access-date=31 January 2023}}</ref>


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== External links ==
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* [http://www.barbaramujica.com/ Barbara Mujica personal website]
* {{official website|http://www.barbaramujica.com/}}
* [https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RsxPAAS/barbara-mujica Georgetown University faculty profile]


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Bárbara Mujica
OccupationScholar, novelist, short story writer, and critic
EducationUniversity of California at Los Angeles
Sorbonne University
Alma materNew York University (PhD)
Notable worksFrida
Sister Teresa
Miss del Río
Website
www.barbaramujica.com

Bárbara Mujica is an American scholar, novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She is an Emeritus Professor of Spanish at Georgetown University.[1] Her novels include Frida (2001), Sister Teresa (2007), and Miss del Río (2022).

Early life and education

Mujica attended the University of California at Los Angeles for her undergraduate education, and studied French literature.[2] She then attended Sorbonne University for graduate study in French, and completed her doctorate at New York University in Spanish literature, with Antonio Regalado as her dissertation advisor.[2]

Career

Her writing career began with writing short stories, and she also taught Spanish literature.[2] Mujica was on the board of directors for the Washington Review from 1994 through 1998.[3][4]

In the late 1990s, Mujica developed a draft for what became the biographical novel Frida, based on the life of Frida Kahlo, which was first published in 2001[5] and has since been translated into 18 languages.[2][6] In 2007, she published the historical novel Sister Teresa, about the woman who became Saint Teresa of Ávila, and the book was translated into Spanish in 2017.[2] Her next novel, I am Venus, a fictional biography of the model for the La Venus del espejo painting by Diego Velázquez, was published in 2013.[2] Her novel Miss del Rio, published in 2022, is about the life of the movie star Dolores del Río.[2][7]

In 2019, an essay collection was published to honor her scholarly work, titled Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica.[1][8]

Selected works

Fiction

  • The Deaths of Don Bernardo (1990, novel)[9]
  • Sanchez across the Street and Other Stories (1997, short stories)[10]
  • Far from My Mother's Home (1999, short stories)[11]
  • Frida (2001, novel)[12]
  • Sister Teresa (2007, novel)
  • I Am Venus (2013, novel)[13]
  • Imagining Iraq (2021, short stories)[14]
  • Miss del Río (2022, novel)[15]

Nonfiction

  • Women Writers of Early Modern Spain: Sophia's Daughters (Yale University Press, 2004)[16][1]
  • Espiritualidad y feminismo: Santa Teresa de Jesus (Ediciones del Orto, 2007)
  • Teresa de Avila, Lettered Women (Vanderbilt University Press, 2009)[17]
  • Shakespeare and the Spanish Comedia (Bucknell University Press 2013)[1]
  • A New Anthology of Early Modern Spanish Theater: Play and Playtext (Yale University Press 2014)[1]
  • Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Avila (2020).[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Elizabeth Franklin (Spring 2021). "Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica. Ed. Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. De Armas". Early Modern Women. 15 (2): 210–213. doi:10.1353/emw.2021.0014 – via Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Rolón-Barada, Israel (19 September 2022). "Bárbara Mújica, when intellect and fiction meet". CE Noticias Financieras. Translated by Content Engine LLC. ProQuest 2716026281
  3. ^ "Art Sites 6". Washington Review. 20 (2). Washington D.C. 1994. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  4. ^ "Artsites 98 Catalog". Washington Review. 24 (1). Washington D.C. 1998. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  5. ^ Robinson, Roxana (April 15, 2001). "Portrait of the Artist". Washington Post. ProQuest 409067240
  6. ^ Vazquez, Enrique (4 August 2021). "Libro Mi hermana Frida de Bárbara Mujica cumple 20 años". Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  7. ^ Vazques, Enrique (18 September 2022). "Jalisco. Bárbara Mujica habla de su última novela Miss del Río". Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  8. ^ Additional reviews of Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain
    • Gyulamiryan, Tatevik (September 2020). "Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: A Tribute to Bárbara Mujica ed. by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. de Armas (review)". Hispania. 103 (3): 423–424. doi:10.1353/hpn.2020.0074 – via Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson).
    • Fernández, Esther (May 2021). "Women Warriors in Early Modern Spain: a tribute to Bárbara Mujica: edited by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. De Armas, Newark, University of Delaware Press, 2019". Social History. 46 (2): 221–222. doi:10.1080/03071022.2021.1896237 – via SocINDEX with Full Text.
    • Coolidge, Grace E. (September 2021). "Women warriors in early modern Spain: a tribute to Bárbara Mujica: edited by Susan L. Fischer and Frederick A. de Armas, Newark, University of Delaware Press, 2019". Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies. 22 (3): 441–443. doi:10.1080/14636204.2021.1960756 – via Academic Search Complete.
  9. ^ Tenenbaum, Barbara (May 1990). "Books: The Deaths of Don Bernardo". Americas. 42 (3): 63. ProQuest 235259342
  10. ^ Smith, Dawn (July 1998). "Sanchez Across the Street and Other Stories". Americas. 50 (4): 63. ProQuest 235276048
  11. ^ Bencastro, Mario (March 1993). "Reviewing Barbara Mujica". Americas. 45 (2) – via MasterFILE Complete.
  12. ^ Reviews of Frida
  13. ^ Reviews of I Am Venus
  14. ^ "Imagining Iraq". Kirkus Reviews. December 15, 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  15. ^ Reviews of Miss del Río
  16. ^ Spieker, Joseph (Spring 2006). "Reviewed Work: Women Writers of Early Modern Spain: Sophia's Daughters by Barbara Mujica". Hispanic Journal. 27 (1). Indiana University of Pennsylvania: 159–161. JSTOR 44284813. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  17. ^ Cunningham, Lawrence S. (September 10, 2010). "Teresa de Ávila". Commonweal. 137 (15) – via MasterFILE Complete.
  18. ^ Roberts, Laura (2022). "Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Ávila". European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire. 29 (2): 363–364. doi:10.1080/13507486.2021.1908757. Retrieved 31 January 2023.