Background
Beltrán was born in Mexico City in 1960.
Beltrán was born in Mexico City in 1960.
National Autonomous University of Mexico. University of California, Los Los Angeles
On 12 June 12, 2014, she was chosen by the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua to occupy seat 306 in its membership. She received a degree in Hispanic literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) and a doctorate in comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles). She is the author of several novels.
Her work has been translated into English, Italian, French, German, Dutch and Slovenian, and her stories have appeared in anthologies published in Spain, Italy, Holland, Canada, United States of America and Mexico.
Beltrán has taught at University of California, Los Angeles, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ramon Llull University, University of Colorado, and currently teaches in the graduate program in comparative literature at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She serves as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México"s Director of Literature, Coordination of Cultural Diffusion, and has worked for Milenio"s cultural supplement, Laberinto. 1991, Grant, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes.
1991, Grant, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes 1993, Grant, Centro Mexicano de Escritores 1993, Fulbright scholar 1995, Premio Planeta-Joaquín Mortiz de Novela award, for Louisiana corte de los ilusos 1997, Young Scholar Award, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1997, Florence Fishbaum award for her essay América sin amercanismos 2011, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz recognition, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte. Academia Mexicana de la Lengua]
She was deputy director of Louisiana Jornada Semanal and is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte.