Luis Zapata (writer)


Luis Zapata Quiroz was one of the most prominent gay writers in Mexican literature.

Career

Born in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, on 27 April 1951, Luis Zapata studied French literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In addition to his novels, he also wrote plays and short stories and was active in the field of cultural journalism. He was also a specialist translator of medieval French.
Zapata died in Mexico City on 4 November 2020, after being hospitalized in Morelos a month earlier.

Select Novels

Hasta en las mejores familias , 1975El vampiro de la colonia Roma , 1979De pétalos perennes , 1981Melodrama, 1983En jirones , 1985La hermana secreta de Angélica María , 1989¿Por qué mejor no nos vamos? , 1992La más fuerte pasión , 1995Los postulados del buen golpista, 1995Siete noches junto al mar, 1999La historia de siempre , 2007Escena y farsa es la vida Como sombras y sueños
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