Gonzalo Celorio
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| Born | 25 March 1948 |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Alma mater | UNAM |
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Gonzalo Edmundo Celorio Blasco[a] (born 25 March 1948) is a Mexican writer, essayist, literary critic and academic.
He won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world, in 2025.
Biography
[edit]Celorio was born in Mexico City in 1948. His family life was narrated in the novels Tres lindas cubanas, published in 2006, where he talks about his mother's family;[1] El metal y la escoria, published in 2014, about his father's family and Los apóstatas, published in 2020, about two of his twelve brothers.[2]
Celorio studied literature and philology at the School of Philosophy and Letters of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He was a student of historian Edmundo O'Gorman. Between 2000 and 2002 he was the director of the Fondo de Cultura Económica.[2][3]
Celorio has written five novels, Amor Propio,[4] a coming-of-age story, Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra[5] and the Una familia ejemplar trilogy about his family[2] (Tres lindas cubanas, El metal y la escoria and Los apóstatas).[6]
Awards, fellowships and recognition
[edit]In 1986, he received the Cultural Journalism Award, granted by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBA), for Los subrayados son míos; in 1997, he was awarded the Prix des deux océans, given by the Biarritz Festival, for his work El viaje sedentario, translated into French; and in 1999, the National IMPAC/CONARTE/ITESM Novel Award for the novel Y retiemble en sus centros la tierra.[7]
He was elected as a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (Mexican Academy of Language) in 1995. In February 2019 he became director of the institution.[3]
In 2011, he was awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in the Linguistics and literature, the highest distincion the Mexican government gives to artists.[8]
He is also a member of the Academia Cubana de la Lengua.[9]
In 2015, he was awarded the Premio Mazatlán de Literatura for his novel El metal y la escoria. In 2023, he received the Xavier Villaurrutia Award for his memoirs Mentideros de la memoria.[10][11]
Celorio received Spain's Cervantes Prize in 2025 for his "exceptional literary work and intellectual endeavours, through which he has made a profound and sustained contribution to the enrichment of the Spanish language and culture".[12][13]
Works
[edit]- El viaje sedentario
Novels
[edit]- Amor propio, Tusquets Editores, Mexico City, 1991.
- Y retiemble en sus centros la tierra, Tusquets Editores, Mexico City, 1999.
- Tres lindas cubanas, Tusquets Editores, Mexico City, 2006.
- El metal y la escoria, Tusquets Editores, Mexico City, 2014.
- Los apóstatas, Tusquets Editores, Mexico City, 2020.[6]
Essay
[edit]- La época sordina, Cal y Arena, Mexico City, 1990.
- Ensayo de contraconquista, Tusquets Editores, Mexico City, 2001.
- Cánones subversivos. Ensayos de literatura hispanoamericana, Tusquets Editores, Mexico City, 2009.
Memoirs
[edit]- Mentideros de la memoria, Tusquets Editores, Mexico City, 2022.
References
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Celorio and the second or maternal family name is Blasco.
- ^ Montaño Garfias, Ericka (3 August 2008). "Con Tres lindas cubanas, Gonzalo Celorio logra exorcizarse de la isla – La Jornada". www.jornada.com.mx. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ a b c Sabogal, Winston Manrique (2020-10-10). "Gonzalo Celorio: "Un lector es aquel que, al asomarse a la vida secreta de los demás, descubre sus propios secretos"". WMagazín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ a b "Gonzalo Celorio". Academia Mexicana de la Lengua. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Miami alista su Feria del Libro". El Universal (in Spanish). 14 November 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ Sandra Licona (19 May 2006). "La Revolución Cubana, un reencuentro crítico". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ a b Castillo, Glenda (16 January 2021). "Los apóstatas". El Financiero. El Financiero. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Celorio, Gonzalo". Literatura INBA. Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "La Jornada: Solares, Loaeza y Palau, entre los reconocidos con el Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes". La Jornada (in Spanish). 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "Academia Cubana de la Lengua". acul.ohc.cu. 2004-01-01. Archived from the original on 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ Palma, David. "Obtiene Gonzalo Celorio el Premio Xavier Villaurrutia de Escritores para Escritores 2022 por Mentideros de la memoria". Inicio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "Gonzalo Celorio recibió el Premio Xavier Villaurrutia 2022". Quadratín Oaxaca (in Spanish). 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "Gonzalo Celorio, Premio Cervantes 2025". Ministerio de Cultura (in Spanish). 2025-11-03. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
- ^ Iniguez de Onzono, Javier (4 November 2025). "'Celebrating a lifetime of literature': Gonzalo Celorio wins Spain's coveted Cervantes Prize 2025". Euronews.
External links
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- En voz de Gonzalo Celorio Audio, Descarga cultura, UNAM, 2009
- Gonzalo Celorio interview for his novel El metal y la escoria Video, Noticias22Agencia, 3 February 2015, (youtube.com).
- Gonzalo Celorio literary sample Text, Material de lectura, UNAM, 2011
- "Gonzalo Celorio". Enciclopedia de la literatura en México. FLM–CONACULTA.
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Premio Cervantes winners
- National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
- Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Members of the Mexican Academy of Language
- Mexican literary critics
- Xavier Villaurrutia Award winners
- National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico)