Antonio Ortuño (Guadalajara, 1976) is a Mexican novelist and short story writer.
Ortuño is the author of the novels ''El buscador de cabezas'' (2006) and ''Recursos humanos'' (2007), finalist of the Herralde Prize. He also published the short story books ''El jardín japonés'' (2007) and ''La Señora Rojo'' (2010). In 2006 the newspaper ''
Reforma'' named his
debut novel
A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to p ...
''El buscador de cabezas'' the best first novel of the year. His writing has been translated into English, French, Italian, German, Croatian, Romanian and Hungarian. Critics have praised his black humor, the agility and precision of his prose and his ability to explore the contradictions of his characters.
In October 2010 the British magazine "
Granta
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" included Ortuño in its list of the best young Spanish language writers, and the Mexican edition of the magazine "
GQ" chose him as writer of the year. In November 2010 his second book of short stories ''La Señora Rojo'' was published in Spain and Mexico. In 2017. he won the
Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero The Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero is a bi-annual Spanish-language literary award for a short story collection. The award amount is making it the largest in the world for an award of this kind. The award is open to authors of any natio ...
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Works
* 2006: El buscador de cabezas (novel).
* 2007: Recursos humanos (novel). Finalist of the Herralde Prize.
* 2006: El jardín japonés (short stories).
* 2008: Grandes Hits Vol. 1 Nueva Generación de Narradores Mexicanos. Track 4, Lado B Carne (anthology)
* 2010: La Señora Rojo (short stories).
* 2011: Ánima (novel).
* 2013 La fila India (novel).
* 2013:
No entren al 1408: Antología en español tributo a Stephen King (anthology).
* 2016: El rastro (novel).
References
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1976 births
Living people
Mexican male short story writers
Mexican short story writers
Mexican novelists
Mexican male writers
Male novelists
Writers from Guadalajara, Jalisco