Elena Garro (1920–1998)

Author of Recollections of Things to Come

37+ Works 431 Members 16 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Best known as a dramatist, Elena Garro won the important Premio Xavier Villaurrutia in 1963 for the novel Recollections of Things to Come. The interior world of the characters' memories of life in Ixtepec during the Cristero Rebellion of 1926-28 is narrated dramatically in poetic prose that makes show more considerable use of Aztec mythology in its creation of a myth of Mexican women. A choreographer, script writer, and journalist, Elena Garro was at one time married to the Mexican poet Octavio Paz. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Elena Garro

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Recollections of Things to Come (1963) 210 copies, 6 reviews

First Love & Look for My Obituary: Two Novellas by Elena Garro (1996) 31 copies, 1 review

Cuentos completos de Elena Garro / The Complete Stories of Elena Garro (Spanish Edition) (2014) 27 copies

La semana de colores (Spanish Edition) (1989) 19 copies, 1 review

Inés (1995) 13 copies, 1 review

La Casa Junto al Rio (1983) 13 copies

Testimonios sobre Mariana (1981) 11 copies

Novelas escogidas (1981-1998). (2016) 10 copies

Memorias de España 1937 (1992) 9 copies

Obras reunidas I. Cuentos (2006) 9 copies, 1 review

Teatro completo (2016) 8 copies

Reencuentro de personajes (1982) 7 copies

Y Matarazo No Llamo... (1991) 7 copies

Andamos huyendo Lola (1980) 7 copies

La culpa es de los tlaxcaltecas (1996) 6 copies

Novelas breves / Short Novels (Spanish Edition) (2022) 5 copies

El accidente y otros cuentos ineditos (Biblioteca breve) (Spanish Edition) (1997) 4 copies, 1 review

Un Corazon en Un Bote de Basura (1996) 4 copies

Mi hermanita Magdalena (1998) 4 copies

Cristales De Tiempo - Poemas Ineditos de Elena Garro **Library Special Edition Hardcover** (2016) 3 copies

Un traje rojo para un duelo (1996) 3 copies, 1 review

Die Erinnerungen an die Zukunft. Roman. (2003) 2 copies

Farvernes uge (2015) 2 copies

Teatro de Elena Garro (Edicion y Prologo de Patricia Rosas Lopategui) (2001) 2 copies

Felipe Ángeles 2 copies

Socrates y los Gatos (2003) 2 copies, 1 review

A Secure Home [short story] (1957) 1 copy

La Muerte 1 copy

Busca mi esquela y Primer amor 1 copy, 1 review

Cuentos completos de Elena Garro 1 copy

I ricordi dell’avvenire (SUR) (Italian Edition) 1 copy

Revolucionarios Mexicanos (Seix Barral) (Spanish Edition) (1997) 1 copy

I ricordi dell'avvenire (2024) 1 copy

Relatos recobrados de Elena Garro (2023) 1 copy

Novelas cortas y otros textos recuperados 1 copy, 1 review

Relatos recobrados 1 copy, 1 review

Memorias de España 1937 [Paperback] Elena Garro 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Book of Fantasy (1940) — Contributor — 647 copies, 14 reviews

Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real (1990) — Contributor — 151 copies

Other Fires: Short Fiction by Latin American Women (1985) — Contributor — 129 copies, 5 reviews

A Necklace of Words: Short Fiction by Mexican Women (1997) — Contributor, some editions — 12 copies

Mexiko erzählt (1992) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Garro, Elena
Birthdate: 1920-12-12
Date of death: 1998-08-22
Gender: female
Nationality: Mexico
Country (for map): Mexico
Birthplace: Puebla, Mexico
Places of residence: Puebla, Mexico (birth)
Mexico City, Mexico
Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico
France
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Education: National Autonomous University of Mexico
Occupations: journalist
Playwright
choreographer
novelist
short story writer
Relationships: Paz, Octavio (husband 1937-1959)
Awards and honors: Xavier Villaurrutia Award (1963)

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Recollections of Things to Come (Texas Pan American… by Elena Garro

Tragic, epic, beautifully written.

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mslibrarynerd | 5 other reviews | Jan 13, 2024 |

Busca mi esquela y Primer amor by Elena Garro

Aunque hace tiempo había leído en una antología uno de sus cuentos, considero que este ha sido mi primer acercamiento a Elena Garro y no puedo más que sentirme muy contenta por haberme decidido a leerla. Estas dos historias están repletas de nostalgia, tristeza y lo que no pudo ser.

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uvejota | Jul 26, 2023 |

Recollections of Things to Come (Texas Pan American… by Elena Garro

Couldnt read it — the translation?

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lulaa | 5 other reviews | May 9, 2022 |

La Semana De Colores (Spanish Edition) by Elena Garro

Es muy triste que Elena Garro sea tan poco leída, y que cuando se menciona su nombre sea tan sólo en relación con Octavio Paz. Definitivamente, los cuentos de Garro son un prodigio, y tienen un rango (tanto temático como lingüístico) envidiable. Su tratamiento del cuento fantástico es genial, como una combinación entre George Sand, el lenguaje juguetón del mejor Cortázar y un muy bienvenido murmullo rulfiano. Aunque, a decir verdad, todas estas son meras abstracciones, la prosa de Garro es bastante sui generis.
En fin, me gustó mucho.… (more)

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LeoOrozco | Feb 26, 2019 |

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