Ana García Bergua

Niamh Thornton (University of Liverpool)

Ed. by Cara Levey, University College Cork
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 4.1.3: Hispanic Writing and Culture of Central America and the Caribbean.
Vol. editors: Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Ceire Broderick (University College Cork), Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork), Anna Forné (Gothenburg University), Cara Levey (University College Cork), Lori Oxford (Western Carolina University), Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Dates

Born 1960

Places

Born in Mexico
Active in Mexico

Cultural Identities

Latino/a US-American

Activities

Primary

Novelist

Resources

García Bergua's Works

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Ana García Bergua (b. 1960) is a short story writer and novelist. She contributes to literary journals, such as

Letras Libres,

and has a regular column in the Mexican national newspaper

La Jornada,

“Y ahora paso a retirarme” [“and now I’ll step away”]. In 2001 García Bergua was inducted into the

Sistema Nacional de Creadoresde Arte

[National System of Art Creators], a government-funded board established to support creative artists, understood broadly. The title of her column gives a sense of her character. She has a quietly confident presence with a playful sense of the absurd. There is also a strong strand of engagement with social justice and a keen eye for cultural and political critique evident in her writing.

A native of Mexico City, García Bergua comes from a family of

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Citation: Thornton, Niamh. "Ana García Bergua". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 August 2016 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13672, accessed 20 April 2024.]

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