Juan Villoro

Juan Villoro is Mexico’s most prolific, prize-winning author, playwright, journalist, and screenwriter. He has written columns for Reforma (Mexico), The New York Times, El País (Spain), and El Mercurio (Chile), among other publications, and has taught at the Autonomous Metropolitan University, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, as well as at the New Journalism Foundation, created by Gabriel García Márquez. His books have been translated into numerous languages, and have been awarded the Mazatlán Prize for Literature (Mexico), the Xavier Villaurrutia Award (Mexico), the Herralde Prize (Spain), the ACE Award (Argentina), and the José María Arguedas Award (Cuba). In Chile, he won the 2012 José Donoso Ibero-American Prize and the 2018 Manuel Rojas Prize for his body of work. His journalism has been recognized with the King of Spain International Journalism Award, the City of Barcelona Award, the Manuel Vázquez Montalbán International Journalism Award, and the Fernando Benítez Tribute at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. His novel for young people, The Wild Book, has sold more than a million copies.