Artemisa Téllez

Artemisa Téllez (Mexico City, August 24, 1979) is a Mexican author. Her literary works have focused on exploring sapphism and sexual diversity, which has led to her being considered one of the most important representatives of Mexican lesbian literature.

As an instructor, she has offered courses on reading and writing literature that highlight Mexican writers and women's erotic stories.

Literary career Téllez's first work of poetry was published in 2010 with the title ("Body of my Solitude"). The poems deal with themes of love and erotic female relationships. The novel caused a controversy after its publication concerning violence in relation to the protagonists, which is expressed in perverse sexual games that the characters play. However, academics like César Cañedo have noted that the novel can be read as a sapphic narrative and that its publication marks a key moment in the Mexican lesbian narrative. and ("Cro-magnon Women," 2020).

Works Prose (2014), novel (2016), stories

Poetry (2010) (2017) (2018) (2018) (2020)