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Cristina Rivera Garza

1964 - Today

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Cristina Rivera Garza (born October 1, 1964) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Mexican author and professor known for her fiction and memoir. Multiple novels, including Nadie me verá llorar (No One Will See Me Cry), received Mexico’s highest literary awards and international honors. Born in the state of Tamaulipas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, she is a teacher and a writer who has worked in both the United States and Mexico. She taught history and creative writing at various universities and institutions, including the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Tec de Monterrey, Campus Toluca, and University of California, San Diego, but currently holds a position at the University of Houston. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Cristina Rivera Garza is the 6,309th most popular writer, the 411th most popular biography from Mexico and the 22nd most popular Mexican Writer.

Cristina Rivera Garza is a Mexican writer and professor known for her contributions to contemporary literature, particularly in the genres of fiction and essays. She is recognized for her exploration of themes such as identity, memory, and the border experience, and has received several awards for her work.

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Among writers, Cristina Rivera Garza ranks 6,309 out of 7,302. Before her are Crane Wilbur, Polly Samson, Peter Stamm, Meg Cabot, Sándor Csoóri, and N. Scott Momaday. After her are Mulk Raj Anand, Brian Stableford, Hammond Innes, Abby Mann, Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, and Eric Van Lustbader.

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Among people born in 1964, Cristina Rivera Garza ranks 480. Before her are Makharbek Khadartsev, Luboš Kubík, Satoshi Furukawa, Lisa Franchetti, Isabella Ferrari, and Leri Khabelov. After her are Stephen Dunham, Tom McGrath, Ben Daniels, Hiroyuki Morita, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, and Wanda Sykes.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Cristina Rivera Garza ranks 411 out of 729. Before her are Mario Velarde (1940), Alfonso Portugal (1934), Miguel Herrera (1968), Raúl Jiménez (1991), Pilar Roldán (1939), and Carlos Gómez (1952). After her are Silvia Navarro (1978), Jaime Gómez (1929), Jorge Salinas (1968), Chantal Andere (1972), Ramiro Navarro (1943), and Eduardo Santamarina (1969).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Cristina Rivera Garza ranks 22. Before her are José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776), Juan José Arreola (1921), Cesar Millan (1969), Carlos Monsiváis (1938), Martín Luis Guzmán (1887), and Roberto Orci (1973). After her are Carlton Cuse (1959), Sabina Berman (1955), Javier Valdez Cárdenas (1967), Javier Sicilia (1956), Jorge Volpi (1968), and Valeria Luiselli (1983).

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