Daniel Saldaña París

Wednesday, May 6, 2015. As part of the 41st Buenos Aires International Book Fair, the talk Chilango and Lunfardo: The Language of the Streets was held with Óscar Conde, José Luis Moure and Daniel Saldaña París at the Salón Alfonso Reyes del Yellow Pavilion of the FILBA. Photo: Antonio Nava / Secretary of Culture Mexico City

Daniel Saldaña París (born 1984) is a Mexican poet, essayist, and novelist. He gained acclaim for his debut novel En medio de extrañas víctimas (2013) and its follow-up El nervio principal (2018), published in English as Among Strange Victims (2015) and Ramifications (2020) by Charco Press and Coffee House Press. He has also published volumes of poetry. In 2015, he was included in the anthology México20: New Voices, Old Traditions (Pushkin Press), celebrating the best young Mexican writers. In 2017, he was chosen as one of the Bogotá39, a selection of the best young Latin American writers under forty. In 2022 he became a fellow at the Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars of the New York Public Library. As of 2024, he is married to the writer Catherine Lacey.