Writer and journalist, Juan Villoro was born in Mexico City in 1956. He has been a professor at UNAM, and a visiting professor at the universities of Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, as well as at the New Journalism Foundation, created by Gabriel García Márquez. He is a columnist for Reforma (Mexico), has written for international media such as The New York Times (US), El País (Spain) and El Mercurio (Chile), among others. He was the director of La Jornada Semanal.
He studied Sociology at the Metropolitan Autonomous University-Iztapalapa. He is a doctor honoris causa by the Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo and by the Metropolitan Autonomous University. Since 2014 he is a member of El Colegio Nacional.
In 2012 he received the Ibero-American José Donoso Award and in 2018 the Manuel Rojas Award, both awarded in Chile, for his body of work. Among the recognitions he has received in Mexico is the Mazatlán Literature Award for his book of literary essays Personal Effects and the Xavier Villaurrutia Award for his book of stories The House Loses.
He received in Spain the Herralde Award for his novel The Witness; in Argentina the ACE Award for his play Philosophy of Life and in Cuba the José María Arguedas Award for his novel Reef. His journalistic work has been recognized with the King of Spain International Journalism Award, City of Barcelona Award, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán International Journalism Award, as well as the Fernando Benítez Tribute of the International Book Fair, and the Award for Journalistic Excellence, granted by the Gabo Foundation (Colombia), 2022.
His novel for young people The Wild Book has sold more than one million copies.
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