Hernán Lara Zavala (28 February 1946 – 15 March 2025) was a Mexican novelist, literary critic and academic at the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

(UNAM).

Life and career

Lara Zavala was educated at the

and the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

(MA, 1981). He was awarded the

José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature (Spanish: Premio Nacional de Literatura José Fuentes Mares or simply Premio José Fuentes Mares) is a Mexican literary award that has been presented annually since 1985 by the Universidad Autónoma ...

in 1995. In 2010 he was awarded the . Hernán Lara Zavala died on 15 March 2025, at the age of 79.

Works

Lara Zavala's published works included the following: *1981: ''De Zitilchén'' *1987: ''El mismo cielo'' *1989: ''Las novelas en el Quijote'' *1990: ''Charras'' *1992: ''Contra el ángel'' *1992: ''Tuch y Odilón'' *1994: ''Después del amor y otros cuentos'' *1995: ''Equipaje de mano'' *1997: ''Cuentos escogidos'' *1998: ''Viaje al corazón de la península'' *2008: ''Península, Península'' *2010: ''El guante negro y otros cuentos'' *2015: ''Macho viejo'' *2023: ''El último carnaval''

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* * 1946 births 2025 deaths National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico Mexican male novelists 20th-century Mexican novelists 20th-century Mexican male writers 21st-century Mexican novelists Academics from Mexico City Writers from Mexico City Mexican literary critics {{Mexico-writer-stub