Yuri Herrera
Yuri Herrera of Actopan, Mexico is a political scientist, teacher, editor, and contemporary Mexican writer. He studied Political Science at the University of Mexico, obtained his master’s in Creative Writing at University of Texas, El Paso, and a Ph.D in Hispanic Language and Literature at UC Berkeley. Signs Preceding the End of the World is his first novel translated in English and was published to great critical acclaim. Currently, Yuri teaches as a postdoctoral fellow at Tulane University in New Orleans, and serves as the editor of literary magazine El Perro.
Biography: Yuri Herrera
Yuri Herrera Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4kcyTDk2Ac
Yuri Herrera Answers 20 Questions With Time's Literary Supplement: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/twenty-questions-yuri-herrera/
Yuri Herrera talks literature as a political responsibility: http://www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/en/2017/april/literature-political-responsibility-interview-yuri-herrera-radmila-stefkova-and-rodrigo
- Won the Premio Otras Voces award in Spain– best work of fiction published
- Winner of The Guardian’s “Best Translated Book” award
Signs Preceding the End of the World’s Homepage
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