lucha corpi
Nació en 1945 en Jáltipan, Veracruz, México. Lucha es una poeta, novelista, y autora de libros para niños. Es reconocida internacionalmente y considerada un pilar en el mundo de la literatura Chicana.
Es la autora de varias novelas de misterio publicadas por Arte Público Press: Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery (2009), Eulogy for a Brown Angel (2002), Black Widow's Wardrobe (1999), Cactus Blood (1995), y Crimson Moon (2004). Loa a un angel de piel morena (2012) es pionera a la serie de novelas sobre Gloria Damasco ya disponible en español. Su colección de poesía, reimpresa por Arte Público Press en el 2001, se titula Palabras de mediodía / Noon Words (2001). Un libro de imágenes de Piñata Books, The Triple Banana Split Boy / El niño goloso se publicó en el 2009. Corpi a recibido numerosos galardones y menciones, incluyendo el National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, el PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Prize de ficción, y el Multicultural Publishers Exchange Book Award of Excellence de ficción para adultos. Fue una maestra titular en el Programa de Centros Vecinales de las Escuelas Publicas en Oakland por más de 30 años. Source: Click here |
Born in 1945 in Jáltipan, Veracruz, México. Lucha is an internationally renowned poet, novelist, children's book author and is considered a pillar in the Chicano literary world.
She is the author of several mystery novels published by Arte Público Press: Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery (2009), Eulogy for a Brown Angel (2002), Black Widow's Wardrobe (1999), Cactus Blood (1995), and Crimson Moon (2004). Loa a un angel de piel morena (2012) is the pioneering first installment in the Gloria Damasco Mystery series now availbale in Spanish. Her poetry collection, reissued by Arte Público Press in 2001, is entitled Palabras de mediodía / Noon Words (2001). A Piñata Books picture book for children, The Triple Banana Split Boy / El niño goloso was published in 2009. Corpi is the recipient of numerous awards and citations, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Prize in fiction, and the Multicultural Publishers Exchange Book Award of Excellence in Adult Fiction. She was a tenured teacher in the Oakland Public Schools Neighborhood Centers Program for over 30 years. Source: Click here |