Winner of the National Indie Excellence Award in Latinx Fiction. I write literary and historical fiction shaped by places—Merida, Mexico City, and Chicago—and by the quiet truth that immigrants carry their first home in their hearts.
Rosy Hugener writes stories that cross borders and decades, blending intimacy with history. Her work explores friendship, love, and the long shadow of home.
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A sweeping immigrant journey that begins in Mexico City and continues through California to Chicago—where a naive boy named Chapu is forced to grow up fast, pursued by danger, held up by friendship, and pulled back toward a past that refuses to stay buried.
Final line / theme: immigrants never forget the country where they were born.
• Mexico City → California → Chicago
• Friendship as survival
• Identity, love, and the cost of leaving
• A historical turning point that changes everything
Luis Donaldo Colosio was the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate for the presidency of Mexico in the 1994 election.
This historical event forms part of the political atmosphere surrounding the world of the novel.
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Images inspired by The Grasshopper Lost Its Wings.
Chapultepec Castle
Jacarnda y Garza
Reforma Street Now
Chicago
Angel of Independence
Identity and borders
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Context notes related to the novel’s historical backdrop.
Felipe Carrillo Puerto was a political leader in Yucatán in the early 20th century.
This historical context forms part of the atmosphere surrounding the world of the novel.
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Luis Donaldo Colosio was the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate for the presidency of Mexico in the 1994 election.
Note: This is brief reader context for the novel—not a full historical investigation.
Felipe Carrillo Puerto was a major political leader in Yucatán in the early 20th century, associated with reforms and social change.
Note: This is brief reader context for the novel’s historical background.
Awards, reviews, and interviews for Rosy Hugener and The Grasshopper Lost Its Wings.
The Grasshopper Lost Its Wings by Rosy Hugener was recognized as a Winner in Latinx Fiction in the 20th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards.
View the National Indie Excellence AwardsLiterary Titan awarded The Grasshopper Lost Its Wings a five-star review, praising its blend of historical fiction, romance, political history, family drama, and the immigrant experience.
“A reflective, sorrowful, and heartfelt novel about what people survive, what they regret, and what they finally have to release.”Read the Five-Star Review
Rosy Hugener speaks with Literary Titan about the inspiration behind The Grasshopper Lost Its Wings, Mexico's political climate in the 1990s, the meaning of the grasshopper, immigration, identity, and the enduring connection to home.
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