Isabel Zapata
Isabel Zapata is a Mexican writer, editor, poet, and translator. She is the author of Ventanas adentro, Las noches son así, Una ballena es un país, Alberca vacía, In vitro, Tres animales que caben en el agua, and Troika. She has also published in literary magazines such as Periódico de Poesía, Letras Libres, and Este País. In 2015, she co-founded the publishing house Ediciones Antílope.
Background and career
Isabel Zapata is the daughter of the former governor of San Luis Potosí, Fausto Zapata. She spoke on behalf of her family when they donated her father's book collection to the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí in 2016. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico and a master's degree in philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York.From 2013 to 2015, she was the cultural programs coordinator for the Mexican Cultural Institute in New York. In 2015, she co-founded Ediciones Antílope with Marina Azahua, Jazmina Barrera, Astrid López Méndez, and César Tejeda; Dora Navarrete is also currently part of the team. After returning to Mexico, she has been involved in film festivals, such as the Ambulante Film Festival and the Morelia International Film Festival.