Event Description
Scholar, distinguished professor and writer Barbara Mujica will present the Spanish translation of her biographical novel "Sister Teresa," among her other well-known works. The event, including a lecture and book signing, will take place at the Drexel Barnes and Noble on Thursday, May 17, from 5-7 p.m.
About Barbara Mujica
Barbara Mujica is a novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Her novel “Frida” (Overlook Press, 2001) was an international bestseller. It appeared in 18 languages and was a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate.
Her novel “Sister Teresa” (Overlook Press, 2007) was published in Spanish in 2017. It was adapted for the stage by Coco Blignaut of the Actors’ Studio in Los Angeles. The play premiered in November 2013.
“I Am Venus” was a winner of the 2012 Maryland Writers' Association competition in the category Historical Fiction, and her newly completed novel, "Lola in Paradise," was a winner in 2017.
Mujica has also won several prizes for her short fiction, including the E. L. Doctorow International Fiction Competition, the Pangolin Prize, the Theodore Christian Hoepfner Award for short fiction, and the Trailblazer’s Award from Dialogue on Diversity.
Her story "Jason’s Cap" won first prize in the Maryland Writers’ Association national competition in 2015, and "Ox" won second prize in 2016. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, Commonweal, Américas, and hundreds of other publications.
The mother of a Marine, Mujica was faculty adviser to the Georgetown University Student Veterans Association and co-director of the GU Veterans Support Team until her retirement in July 2017. Most of her current short fiction is based on stories veterans have told her. She is now compiling them into a collection to be called "Imagining Iraq."
Her most recent scholarly books are "Teresa de Avila, Lettered Woman" (Vanderbilt University Press, 2008), "Women Writers of Early Modern Spain: Sophia’s Daughters" (Yale University Press, 2004), "Shakespeare and the Spanish" Comedia (ed.) (Bucknell University Press, 2013), and "A New Anthology of Early Modern Spanish Theater: Play and Playtext" (Yale University Press, 2014). In 2015, she received the President’s Medal from the University for her work on behalf of veterans. In 2016, she received the FLL Distinguished Service Medal, and in 2017, the Dean’s Medal for Excellence in Teaching. |
