Tomás Eloy Martínez obtained a degree in Spanish and Latin American literature from the University of Tucumán, and an MA at the University of Paris. From 1957 to 1961 he was a film critic in Buenos Aires for the La Nación newspaper, and he then was editor in chief (1962-69) of the magazine Primera Plana. From 1969 to 1970 he worked as a reporter in Paris. In 1969 Martínez interviewed former Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón, who was exiled in Madrid. These interviews were the basis for two of his more celebrated novels, La Novela de Perón (1985) and Santa Evita (1995). In 1970 he and many former writers of Primera Plana worked at the magazine Panorama, where Martínez was the director. On 15 August 1972 he learned of the uprising of political prisoners in the jail at Rawson, Chubut Province. Panorama was the only publication in Buenos Aires that reported the correct story of the affair in Rawson, which differed significantly from the official version of the de facto Argentine government. On 22 August he was fired at the behest of the government, whereupon he went to Rawson and the neighboring city of Trelew where he reported the Massacre of Trelew in his book The Passion According to Trelew. The book was banned by the Argentine dictatorship. For three years (1972-75) Martínez was in charge of the cultural supplement of La Nación, after which he lived in exile (1975-83) in Caracas, Venezuela, where he remained active as a journalist, founding the newspaper El Diario. In his book "The Memoirs of the General" he recounts that he was threatened by the "Triple A", the Alianza Anticomunista Argentina, and on one occasion, gunmen held a pistol to the head of his 3-year-old son because they were witnesses to a crime Martínez believed to be an operation led by the far-right paramilitary group. He subsequently started the newspaper Siglo 21 in Guadalajara, Mexico, and created the literary supplement Primer Plano for the newspaper Página/12 in Buenos Aires. Martínez has also been a teacher and lecturer. He taught (1984-87) at the University of Maryland. In 1995, he took a position as distinguished professor and director of the Latin American Studies program at Rutgers University, New Jersey. He lived in nearby Highland Park, New Jersey until about 3 years ago when he returned to Argentina to live. He wrote columns for La Nación and the New York Times syndicate, and his articles have appeared in many newspapers and journals in Latin America. He has published a number of books, one of which, Santa Evita, has been translated into 32 languages and published in 50 countries. He was awarded the Guggenheim and Woodrow Wilson fellowships, and won the 2002 Alfaguara award for the novel Flight of the Queen. His works deal primarily (but not exclusively) with Argentina during and after the rule of Juan Domingo Perón and his wife, Eva Duarte de Perón (Evita). Martínez died in Buenos Aires after a long battle against a brain tumor.

Jorge Franco, born in Colombia, studied Film Direction at the London Film School and Literature at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. MALDITO AMOR was his first book of short stories and MALA NOCHE his first novel, both of which received prestigious national awards. ROSARIO TIJERAS, published in 1999, has enjoyed spectacular commercial success in Colombia and marked the breakthrough of one of the most promising writers of new Latin American narrative. It is the story of the love triangle between outlaw Rosario and two young men from Colombian high society. Terrorism, violence and narco-trafficking provide a fascinating background to the fast-paced plot. It has recently been made into a major feature film, taking the Colombian box-office by storm with more than 1.000.000 movie-goers flocking to the big-screen within only two weeks of opening. PARAÍSO TRAVEL (2002) solidly reaffirmed Jorge Franco’s reputation with the tale of a young Colombian couple who attempt to escape the widespread violence of their country of origin by fleeing to New York as illegal immigrants. MELODRAMA (2006) is yet another contemporary story of “Colombians abroad” in Paris. He made an important comeback with the novel EL MUNDO DE AFUERA, winner the Premio Alfaguara 2014. His last book EL CIELO A TIROS, published in September 2018, became a #1 best selling title in it's first week in bookstores. Gabriel García Márquez has said about Jorge Franco: “This is one of the Colombian authors I would like to pass the torch to”. Web site www.jorge-franco.com

Juan José Arreola fue el cuarto hijo del matrimonio formado por Felipe Arreola y Victoria Zúñiga. Nació en México en 1918. Entre 1926 y 1929 desarrolló sus estudios básicos en su ciudad natal. En 1930 empezó a trabajar como encuadernador, e inició una larga serie de oficios. En 1934 escribió sus tres primeros textos literarios. Después de tres años, en 1937, se instaló en México, D.F., y se inscribió en la Escuela Teatral de Bellas Artes. En 1941, mientras trabajaba como maestro, publicó su primera obra, Sueño de Navidad. Posteriormente trabajó como periodista. En 1945 colaboró con Juan Rulfo y Antonio Alatorre en la publicación de la revista Pan, de Guadalajara. Viajó a París bajo la protección del actor Louis Jouvet. Allí conoció a J. L. Barrault y Pierre Renoir. Un año después regresó a México. En 1948, gracias a Antonio Alatorre, encontró trabajo en el Fondo de Cultura Económica como corrector y autor de solapas. Obtuvo una beca en El Colegio de México gracias a la intervención de Alfonso Reyes. Su primer libro de cuentos Varia invención, apareció en 1949, editado por el FCE. Para 1950, comenzó a colaborar en la colección "Los Presentes", y recibió una beca de la Fundación Rockefeller. En 1952 apareció la que muchos consideran su primera gran obra Confabulario, gracias a la cual recibió en 1953 el Premio Jalisco en Literatura. En 1955 fue galardonado con el Premio del Festival Dramático del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. En 1963, año en que recibió el Premio Xavier Villaurrutia, salió a la luz pública otra de sus grandes obras, la novela La feria. En 1964 dirigió la colección "El Unicornio", y se inició como profesor en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. En 1969, recibió Presea de Reconocimiento de parte del Grupo Cultural "José Clemente Orozco", de Ciudad Guzmán. En 1972 se publicó la edición de Bestiario, que completaba la serie iniciada en 1958, con Punta de plata. En 1979 recibió el Premio Nacional en Letras, en la Ciudad de México. Diez años más tarde, se hizo acreedor al Premio Jalisco en Letras (1989). En 1992, recibió el Premio de Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe Juan Rulfo, que se concede al conjunto de una producción literaria, y se entrega en la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara. En 1997, recibió el Premio Alfonso Reyes; y en 1998, el Premio Ramón López Velarde. En 1999, con motivo de su ochenta aniversario, el Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara, le entregó reconocimiento y lo nombró hijo preclaro y predilecto, durante una ceremonia protocolar efectuada en el Hospicio Cabañas en Guadalajara. En 1992 participó como comentarista de Televisa para los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona.su corriente literaria fue el realismo En 1995 recibe el Premio Internacional Alfonso Reyes. Víctima de una megacefalia, que lo aquejó durante sus últimos 3 años, muere a los 83 años en su casa en Jalisco, dejando a su viuda, tres hijos y seis nietos.

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, usually referred to as Jorge Luis Borges (Spanish pronunciation: [xoɾxe lwis boɾxes]), was an Argentine writer and poet born in Buenos Aires. In 1914, his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school and traveled to Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in Surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. Borges was fluent in several languages. He was a target of political persecution during the Peron regime, and supported the military juntas that overthrew it. Due to a hereditary condition, Borges became blind in his late fifties. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library (Biblioteca Nacional) and professor of Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first International Publishers' Prize Prix Formentor. His work was translated and published widely in the United States and in Europe. He died in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1986. J. M. Coetzee said of Borges: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish American novelists."

Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican writer and one of the best-known novelists and essayists of the 20th century in the Spanish-speaking world. Fuentes influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages. Fuentes was born in Panama City, Panama; his parents were Mexican. Due to his father being a diplomat, during his childhood he lived in Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, Santiago, and Buenos Aires. In his adolescence, he returned to Mexico, where he lived until 1965. He was married to film star Rita Macedo from 1959 till 1973, although he was an habitual philanderer and allegedly, his affairs - which he claimed include film actresses such as Jeanne Moreau and Jean Seberg - brought her to despair. The couple ended their relationship amid scandal when Fuentes eloped with a very pregnant and then-unknown journalist named Silvia Lemus. They were eventually married. Following in the footsteps of his parents, he also became a diplomat in 1965 and served in London, Paris (as ambassador), and other capitals. In 1978 he resigned as ambassador to France in protest over the appointment of Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, former president of Mexico, as ambassador to Spain. He also taught courses at Brown, Princeton, Harvard, Penn, George Mason, Columbia and Cambridge. —- کارلوس فوئنتس در ۱۱ نوامبر ۱۹۲۸ در پاناماسیتی به دنیا آمد. مادرش برتا ماسیاس ریواس و پدرش رافائل فوئنتس بوئه‌تیگر است. پدر وی از دیپلمات‌های مشهور مکزیک است. وی سفیر مکزیک در هلند، پاناما، پرتغال و ایتالیا بود. دوران کودکی‌اش در واشنتگتن دی.سی. و سانتیاگوی شیلی گذشت. فوئنتس در دانشگاه مکزیک و ژنو در رشتهٔ حقوق تحصیل کرد. او به زبان‌های انگلیسی و فرانسه تسلط کامل دارد. آثار * مرگ آرتمیوکروز، ۱۹۶۲ * آئورا، ۱۹۶۲ * زمین ما،‌ ۱۹۷۵ * گرینگوی پیر، ۱۹۸۵ * ملکهٔ عروسک‌ها * آسوده خاصر، ترجمهٔ محمدامین لاهیجی. * مرگ آرتمیو کروز، ترجمهٔ مهدی سحابی. * آئورا، ترجمهٔ عبدالله کوثری. * سرهیدا. * خودم با دیگران (به تازگی با نام از چشم فوئنتس) ترجمهٔ عبدالله کوثری. —- Carlos Fuentes Macías fue un escritor mexicano y uno de los novelistas y ensayistas más conocidos en el mundo de habla española. Fuentes influyó en la literatura contemporánea de América Latina, y sus obras han sido ampliamente traducidas al inglés y otros idiomas. Fuentes nació en la ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, sus padres eran mexicanos. Debido a su padre era un diplomático, durante su infancia vivió en Montevideo, Río de Janeiro, Washington, Santiago y Buenos Aires. En su adolescencia regresó a México, donde vivió hasta 1965. Estuvo casado con la estrella de cine Rita Macedo de 1959 hasta 1973, aunque era un mujeriego habitual y, al parecer, sus asuntos - que se ha cobrado incluyen actrices como Jeanne Moreau y Jean Seberg, su llevados a la desesperación. La pareja terminó su relación en medio del escándalo, cuando Fuentes se fugó con un periodista muy embarazada y entonces desconocido de nombre Silvia Lemus. Se casaron finalmente. Siguiendo los pasos de sus padres, también se convirtió en un diplomático en 1965 y sirvió en Londres, París (como embajador), y otras capitales. En 1978 renunció al cargo de embajador en Francia en protesta por el nombramiento de Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, ex presidente de México, como embajador en España.