Brianda Domecq (born New York City, August 1, 1942) is a Spanish-Mexican novelist. She was born to a Spanish father (Pedro Domecq González) and American mother (Elizabeth Cook), and learned Spanish as a child when her family moved to Mexico for business. She currently resides in México In a senior citizen's residenceAlexandria Burk Rewriting the Literary Realm 0549612114 - 2008 "While the Mexican writers Rosario Castellanos (1925-1974), Brianda Domecq (1942-) and Barbara Jacobs (1947-) have written extensively in other genres, all three have used the malleable characteristics of the essay form ..."Federico Patán Los nuevos territorios: (notas sobre la narrativa mexicana) 1992 - Page 101 9683619916 Bestiario doméstico: una secuencia de máscaras, tras las cuales oculta su rostro primario un desasosiego profundo; una ...Rafael Ocasio Literature of Latin America 0313320012 - 2004 -Page 148 "Brianda Domecq (1942-) is an exceptional case in that she came to learn Spanish as a child after her family moved to Mexico for business; English is her native language. The child of a Spanish father and an American mother..."
Aurora M. Ocampo (dir.), Diccionario de escritores mexicanos. Siglo XX: desde las generaciones del Ateneo y novelistas de la Revolución hasta nuestros días.
Works Once días y algo más 1979 Bestiario Doméstico 1982 Voces y rostros del Bravo 1988 Acechando Al Unicorno (Stalking the Unicorn): La Virginidad En La Literatura Mexicana (Virginity in Mexican Literature 1988 La insólita historia de la Santa de Cabora 1990 BD/De cuerpo entero 1991 Mujer que publica, mujer pública 1994 A través de los ojos de ella (dos tomos) 1999 Un día fui caballo 2000 Once dias... y algo mas, English edition Eleven Days - autobiographical account of a kidnapping 1995
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Aurora M. Ocampo (dir.), Diccionario de escritores mexicanos. Siglo XX: desde las generaciones del Ateneo y novelistas de la Revolución hasta nuestros días.Vol. II, pp. 46-49