Enrique Symns

Enrique Symns (Lanús, Argentina, 1946-2023) was a writer, journalist, and actor. He founded the magazine Cerdos & Peces and formed part of the magazines Pan Caliente, El Porteño, Fin de Siglo, La Maga, THC, and Nervio, among others. He worked as an editor on the newspapers Sur in Argentina and Las Últimas Noticias in Chile, and was co-founder of the political humor publication The Clinic. He wrote the novels En busca del asesino and El señor de los venenos, as well as the comic book culture-adjacent pulp novel La banda de los chacales. He performed monologues with the rock band Patricio Rey y los Redonditos de Ricota, and was co-author of the biographies Los Tres, la última canción and Páez, on Argentine songwriter and filmmaker Fito Páez.