Patricia Laurent Kullick
Patricia Laurent Kullick was a Mexican contemporary short story writer and novelist. Born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, she lived in Monterrey, Nuevo León, for the majority of her life. Her short stories and novels were written with intimate and playful tones, touching on the subject of madness and women.
Life and career
Kullick received a fellowship from Mexico's Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte, and has published the collections of short stories Ésta y otras ciudades, Están por todas partes, El topógrafo y la tarántula and Infancia y otros horrores.Her first two published novels were El circo de la soledad and El camino de Santiago, the latter being awarded the Nuevo León Prize for Literature in 1999. Three years later, it was published in English by Peter Owen Publishers, under the title Santiago's Way, with the Spanish edition being reprinted by Editorial Tusquets in 2001. In 2015, she published her third novel, La Giganta, with Editorial Tusquets.
Kullick died from surgical complications in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, on 2 November 2022, at the age of 60.
Literary works
Short story collections
Ésta y otras ciudades Están por todas partes El topógrafo y la tarántula Infancia y otros horrores- ''En domingo no es amargo, Cuentos Completos''
Novels
El camino de Santiago El circo de la soledad El camino de Santiago- ''La giganta''