Hernán Lara Zavala

Hernán Lara Zavala (28 February 1946 – 15 March 2025) was a Mexican novelist, literary critic and academic at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Life and career Lara Zavala studied English literature at the School of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and a degree at the University of East Anglia (MA, 1981). In 2010 he was awarded the .

List (1987) for Published Work (1994) José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature, for Después del amor y otros cuentos (2008) Yucatán Medal (2009) Elena Poniatowska Iberoamerican Award, for (2009) González Ruano journalism prize (2010) , for (2010) Justo Sierra Méndez State of Campeche Award, for his life's work (2015) Honorary doctorate awarded by the Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, in the framework of the 50th anniversary of said university

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: 2010: El guante negro y otros cuentos 2015: Macho viejo 2023: El último carnaval