María Luisa Mendoza (17 May 1930 – 29 June 2018), also known as La China Mendoza, was a Mexican journalist, novelist and politician. She served as a federal delegate from the state of Guanajuato to the 53rd Mexican legislature (01 Sep 1985 – 31 Aug 1988).
María Luisa Mendoza | |
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Born | |
Died | 29 June 2018 | (aged 88)
Other names | La China Mendoza |
Occupation(s) | writer, journalist, politician |
Years active | 1960s–2018 |
Biography
editMaría Luisa Mendoza was born on 17 May 1930 in Guanajuato, Mexico. She studied Spanish literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); interior design at Universidad Femenina de México; and scenery design at the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA).[1]
She began her career writing as a journalist for El Zocalo, collaborating with the cultural paper El Gallo Ilustrado, and co-founding El Día.[2] She also published with Cine Mundial, Excélsior, Fin de Semana, Mujer de Hoy, Revista Mujeres, Novedades, El Sol de México, El Universal, and El Zócalo.[3]
Between 1968 and 1969, Mendoza was a fellow at the Centro Mexicano de Escritores (Center of Mexican Writers).[1] Besides writing, Mendoza has taught both set design and journalism, and served as the secretary of the Awards Commission of the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas.[1] She has been a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA) since 1997.[3] She has worked in television, as a news reporter and served as a politician[4] to the federal 53rd legislature from the state of Guanajuato.[1]
Death and legacy
editMendoza wrote her last column on 23 June 2018 and died 29 June 2018 in Mexico City at the Hospital de Nutrición.[5][6]
Awards
edit- 1971 Magda Donato Prize for Con él, conmigo, con nosotros tres[3]
- 1972 National Journalism Prize and Bernal Díaz del Castillo Prize for Crónicas de Chile[3]
- 1973 Award from the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) for the best television commentary (for the news show 24 hours) on drug addiction[1]
- 1974 Honorable Mention for a series of news reports sent from the USSR to El Universal[1]
- 1975 Francisco Zarco Prize for periodical works of national interest (articles appeared in US magazines Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, and Vanity)[1]
- 1983 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Award from the Congress of the State of Guanajuato[3]
- 1984 National Journalism Prize for her program “Un Día un Escritor” on Channel 13 and lifetime achievements[3]
- 2001 National Novel Prize José Rubén Romero for De amor y lujo[3]
Selected works
edit- La O por lo redondo, México, Grijalbo, 1971.
- Trompo a la uña, artículos periodísticos de 1981 a 1989, México, Gobierno del estado de Tabasco, Los que Escriben la Historia, 1989.
- Tris de sol (sobre Carmen Serdán), México, Presidencia de la República, 1976.
- María Luisa Mendoza. De cuerpo entero: Menguas y contrafuertes (autobiografía), México, UNAM/Corunda, 1991.
- Ojos de papel volando, México, Joaquín Mortiz, 1985
- Crítica de la crítica, México, UNAM, 1966.
- Qué pasa con el teatro en México?, México, Novaro, 1971.
- 2 palabras 2 (en colaboración con Edmundo Domínguez Aragonés), México, Presidencia de la República, 1972.
- Oiga usted!, Samo, 1973.
- Maquinita de hacer ruido (dibujos de Carmen Parra), edición del autor, 1973.
- Las cosas, México, Joaquín Mortiz, 1976.
- El teatro Juárez, México, Universidad de Guanajuato, 1978.
- El retrato de mi gentedad, México, Guanajuato, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)/Museo de la Alhóndiga de Granaditas, 1980.
- Compañero Presidente (sobre Salvador Allende), cortometraje, Festival Cervantino, 1975.
- Carta a una amiga, cortometraje, 1973.
- Guanajuato a la vista!, cortometraje, Festival Cervantino 1974.
- Guanajuato a tiro de sangre, cortometraje, Festival Cervantino 1975.
- Con él, conmigo, con nosotros tres, México, Joaquín Mortiz, 1971.
- De ausencia, México, Joaquín Mortiz, 1974.[1]
- El perro de la escribana, México, Joaquín Mortiz, 1980.
- Crónicas de Chile, México, El Día, 1972.
- Allende el bravo (en colaboración con Edmundo Domínguez Aragonés), México, Diana, 1973.
- Ra, Re, Ri, Ro, Rusia! la URSS, México, Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE), 1974.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Mendoza, María Luisa". Artes e Historia México (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Artes e Historia México. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "María Luisa "La China" Mendoza festeja 85 años" (in Spanish). Guanajuato, Mexico: Union Guanajuato. 17 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mendoza, María Luisa". Literatura Bellas Artes (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ Mendoza, Enrique (15 January 2013). "Homenaje a María Luisa Mendoza" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Siempre. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Muere la periodista María Luisa 'La China' Mendoza" [Journalist María Luisa 'La China' Mendoza dies]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. 29 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Fallece la periodista María Luisa "La China" Mendoza" [Death of the journalist María Luisa “La China” Mendoza]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. 29 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.