Carlos Martín Briceño

Carlos Martín Briceño was born in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico in 1966. He has obtained national and international short story awards, including the 2012 Max Aub International Prize and the 2018 José Fuentes Mares National Literature Prize. He also received the Beatriz Espejo National Prize in 2003, the Autonomous University of Yucatán Prize in 2004, and an honorable mention in the 2008 San Luis Potosí National Contest, which was organized by the National Institute of Fine Arts. He is the author of seven books of short stories, including Los mártires del Freeway y otras historias (2006 and 2008), Caída libre (2010), Montezuma’s Revenge y otros deleites (2014), De la vasta piel: Antología personal (2017), and Toda felicidad nos cuesta muertos (2020). He is also the author of the novel La muerte del Ruiseñor (2017) and the book of chronicles Viaje al centro de las letras (2018). His stories are included in more than a dozen Mexican and international anthologies. He is a member of the National System of Art Creators.