Emma Dolujanoff

Emma Dolujanoff (8 December 1922 – 23 April 2013) is a Mexican writer. 

Life
Dolujanoff was born in Mexico City in 1922 to parents of Russian lineage.  She trained as a doctor and obtained her degree in 1945 at the National University.  Because she had a knowledge of psychiatry this is reflected in her writing.  In 1957 and 1958 she was awarded a scholarship to study writing.  Her characters frequently explore their mental problems. 

Works (in Spanish)
"Tales of the Desert" (1959)
"Farewell Job" (1961)
"The Street of Fire" (1966)
"El Gallo de Oro"
"The Deer Child", "The Story of Tatán" "Top of Mesquite" and "Dolls" (1957)
"The Mother Wolf" (1958)

References

Category:1922 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Writers from Mexico City
Category:Mexican women writers
Category:20th-century Mexican writers
Category:20th-century women writers
Category:Mexican people of Russian descent