'''Carmen Boullosa''' (born September 4, 1954 inijy [[MexicoBalay City]],da [[Mexico]]Amolat abay da Erolinda) is a Mexican poet, novelist and playwright. Her work focuses on the issues of feminism and gender roles within a Latin American context. It has been praised by a number of writers, including [[Carlos Fuentes]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1994/11/23/cultura/785545221_850215.html|title=Fuentes: "Hay que levantar los muros que separan la literatura en español"|date=23 November 1994|via=elpais.com|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213010347/https://elpais.com/diario/1994/11/23/cultura/785545221_850215.html|archivedate=13 December 2017|newspaper=El País}}</ref> [[Alma Guillermoprieto]], [[Roberto Bolaño]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.clarin.com/suplementos/cultura/2001/03/25/u-00301.htm|title=Un narrador en la intimidad|website=old.clarin.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405120534/http://old.clarin.com/suplementos/cultura/2001/03/25/u-00301.htm|archivedate=2017-04-05|access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref> and [[Elena Poniatowska]], as well as publications such as ''[[Publishers Weekly]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/carmen-boullosa.html|title=Books by Carmen Boullosa and Complete Book Reviews|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213011429/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/carmen-boullosa.html|archivedate=2017-12-13}}</ref>''.