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Alberto Ruy Sánchez

Mexican writer and journal editor · Mexico · On the map · Writers · Born 1951 · age 74

Alberto Ruy-Sánchez Lacy is a Mexican writer and editor born in Mexico City on 7 December 1951. He is an author of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Since 1988 he has been the chief editor and founding publisher of Latin America's leading arts magazine, Artes de México.

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A life in dates

2022Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa Colima para Obra PublicadaAward2018Premio Mazatlán de LiteraturaAward2017National Prize for Arts and SciencesAward1987Xavier Villaurrutia AwardAward1951Born7 December 1951

Awards

Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa Colima para Obra Publicada2022
Premio Mazatlán de Literatura2018
National Prize for Arts and Sciences2017
Xavier Villaurrutia Award1987
Officer of Arts and Letters
Guggenheim Fellowship

About this person

He has been a visiting professor at several universities including Stanford, Middlebury and La Sorbonne, and has been invited to give lectures in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and South America. His work has been praised by Octavio Paz, Juan Rulfo, Severo Sarduy, Alberto Manguel and Claude Michel Cluny and has received awards from several international institutions.

Country
Mexico
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1951 · age 74