Isabel Zapata

Isabel Zapata
Born
Isabel Zapata Morales

1984 (age 41–42)
Mexico City, Mexico
EducationAutonomous Technological Institute of Mexico
New School for Social Research
Occupations Writer, editor, and translator

Isabel Zapata (born 1984)[1] is a Mexican writer, editor, poet, and translator. She is the author of Ventanas adentro, Las noches son así, Una ballena es un país, Alberca vacía, In vitro,[2] Tres animales que caben en el agua,[3] and Troika.[4] She has also published in literary magazines such as Periódico de Poesía, Letras Libres, and Este País.[5] In 2015, she co-founded the publishing house Ediciones Antílope.[6]

Background and career

Born in Mexico City,[1] Isabel Zapata is the daughter of the former governor of San Luis Potosí, Fausto Zapata. She spoke on behalf of her family when they donated her father's book collection to the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí in 2016.[7] She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico and a master's degree in philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York.[8]

From 2013 to 2015, she was the cultural programs coordinator for the Mexican Cultural Institute in New York.[9] In 2015, she co-founded Ediciones Antílope with Marina Azahua, Jazmina Barrera, Astrid López Méndez, and César Tejeda; Dora Navarrete is also currently part of the team.[6] After returning to Mexico, she has been involved in film festivals, such as the Ambulante Film Festival and the Morelia International Film Festival.[10]

Selected works

Una ballena es un país

In 2019, she published Una ballena es un país (A Whale is a Country), a collection of poems. The poems reflect her views regarding animals.[11] Zapata writes about her empathy for other living beings and writes that she considers animals "for what they are and not for what they are and not for their usefulness" to humans.[10]

In vitro

In 2021, she published in Vitro, a novelistic essay in which she reflects on motherhood and pregnancy. This work includes autobiographical accounts of her own experience with the reproduction process.[12]

Troika

In 2024, she published Troika, her first novel, which is 200 pages long.[13] The synopsis of the novel mentions that it is an "exploration of the affections and bonds we create to secure our passage through the world".[14]

List of works

Year Title Publisher Location Genre ISBN Notes
2002 Ventanas adentro Urdimbre Mexico Poetry ISBN 978-968-5601-02-3
2018 Las noches son así Broken English Poetry Digital Book
2019 Alberca vacía / Empty Pool Argonautica Mexico Essay ISBN 978-607-97572-8-1 Bilingual Edition
2019 Una ballena es un país Almadía Mexico Poetry ISBN 978-607-8667-05-5
2021 In vitro Almadía Mexico Essay ISBN 978-607-8764-63-1
2022 Maneras de desaparecer Excursiones Mexico Essay ISBN 978-987-47626-2-7
2023 Tres animales que caben en el agua Almadía Mexico Children's ISBN 978-607-8764-03-7
2024 Troika Almadía Mexico Novel ISBN 978-84-126900-5-7

Translations

Into Spanish

  • Julia de Burgos: La creación de un ícono puertorriqueño (Becoming Julia de Burgos: The Making of a Puerto Rican Icon). University of Illinois Press, 2022. ISBN 978-0-252-08619-9.
  • Los peces no existen: Una fábula contemporánea sobre cómo vivir sin etiquetas (Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life). Seix Barral, 2024. ISBN 978-84-322-4333-2.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hablemos Escritoras · Perfil de Escritora: Isabel Zapata". Hablemos Escritoras (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  2. ↑ "Isabel Zapata – Detalle del autor – Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México – FLM". www.elem.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  3. ↑ "Isabel Zapata – Texas Book Festival". texasbookfestival.org. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Michelle; Zapata, Isabel (May 2024). "8 Questions for Isabel Zapata". World Literature Today. 98 (3): 9–10. doi:10.1353/wlt.2024.a925261. ISSN 1945-8134. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  5. ↑ "Isabel Zapata". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  6. 1 2 "Quienes somos | Ediciones Antílope". www.edicionesantilope.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  7. ↑ "La UASLP recibió la colección de Fausto Zapata Loredo". La Brecha (in Spanish). 2016-02-12. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  8. ↑ "Isabel Zapata". Vortice (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  9. ↑ "Annual Reports". MCINY. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  10. 1 2 López, Sebastián (2024-05-12). "La poesía como lente para observar el mundo: una entrevista con Isabel Zapata". Revista Purgante (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  11. ↑ "Una ballena es un país – Detalle de la obra – Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México – FLM". www.elem.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  12. ↑ Sánchez-Téllez, Ingrid. "Tecnoestetics maternities. Reproductive imperatives in Isabel Zapata, In Vitro (2021), and Samanta Schweblin, "Conservas" (2017)". Estudios filológicos (73): 283–300. doi:10.4067/s0071-17132024000100283. ISSN 0071-1713. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  13. ↑ "La primera novela de la escritora mexicana Isabel Zapata". Página|12 (in Spanish). 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  14. ↑ "Editorial Almadia". editorialalmadia.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-17.
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