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Enrique Serna

エンリケ・セルナ

Enrique Serna

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1959-01-11 (Mexico City)
Nationality
Mexican
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Mexico City

Career

Occupations
writer, scriptwriter, copywriter
Active Years
1987-2024
Influenced
Gabriel García Márquez

Awards

Mazatlán Prize
1999
Work: El seductor de la patria
Organization: Mazatlán Literature Prize Committee
Result: winner
Colima Prize
2004
Work: Ángeles del abismo
Organization: State of Colima
Result: winner
Antonin Artaud Prize
2010
Work: La sangre erguida
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

El seductor de la patria

1999 novel

A novel about a historical figure seducing the homeland

historyseduction
Translations
  • French, Italian, German, English, Portuguese

Bibliography

  • Señorita México (1987)
  • Uno soñaba que era rey (1989)
  • El miedo a los animales (1995)
  • El seductor de la patria (1999)
  • Ángeles del abismo (2004)
  • Fruta Verde (2006)
  • La sangre erguida (2010)
  • La doble vida de Jesús (2014)
  • El vendedor de silencio (2019)

Translations of Works

  • Some works translated into French, Italian, German, English, Portuguese

Style & Themes

Literary Style
dark humorsatire
Recurring Motifs
intellectual pridecannibal tenderness

Legacy

Mexican writer praised by Gabriel García Márquez as one of the best short story writers