Mempo Giardinelli

Mempo Giardinelli was born in Resistencia, capital of the Chaco province in Argentina, on August 2, 1947. He is an award-winning author of novels, short stories, essays, anthologies, and children’s fiction, and a journalist whose columns appear regularly in newspapers and magazines in Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Chile, and other countries. During the military dictatorship, he lived in exile in Mexico City (1976-1984), where his first works of fiction were published. Upon his return to Argentina in 1984, he founded the literary magazine Puro Cuento (1986-1992), and in 1996 La Fundación Mempo Giardinelli, a not-for-profit organization that promotes reading, education, and social justice in Argentina. He has won numerous national and international awards in recognition of its humanitarian work.