Enrique Serna (born 11 January 1959) is a Mexican writer.

Serna was born in

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. Before devoting himself entirely to

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, he was a

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for various

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s and wrote biographies of popular Mexican figures as well as working in the advertising industry as a copywriter. He has published the novels ''Señorita México'', ''Uno soñaba que era rey'', ''El miedo a los animales'', ''El seductor de la patria'' (winner of the Mazatlán Prize), ''Ángeles del abismo'' (winner of the Colima Prize), ''Fruta verde'', ''La sangre erguida'' (winner of the Antonin Artaud Prize) and ''La doble vida de Jesús''. His short stories, collected in his books ''Amores de segunda mano'', ''El orgasmógrafo'' and ''La ternura caníbal'' have been included in most anthologies of contemporary Mexican short stories. In 2003

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named Serna as one of the best Mexican short story writers in an

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published by ''Cambio'' review. As an essayist, Serna has published three books that share the dark humor of his fiction: ''Las caricaturas me hacen llorar'', ''Giros negros'' and ''Genealogía de la soberbia intelectual''. Some of his works have been translated into

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and Portuguese. He presently writes a monthly article for the influential Mexican cultural review ''

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Books

Novels

* ''Señorita México'' (1987) * ''Uno soñaba que era rey'' (1989) * ''El miedo a los animales'' (1995) * ''El seductor de la patria'' (1999) * ''Ángeles del abismo'' (2004) * ''Fruta Verde'' (2006) * ''La sangre erguida'' (2010) * ''La doble vida de Jesús'' (2014) * ''El vendedor de silencio'' (2019)

Short stories

* ''Amores de segunda mano'' (1991) * ''El orgasmógrafo'' (2001) * ''La ternura caníbal'' (2013)

Essays

* ''Las caricaturas me hacen llorar'' (1996) * ''Giros negros'' (2008) * ''Genealogía de la soberbia intelectual'' (2013)

Biography

* ''Jorge el bueno: La vida de Jorge Negrete'' (1993) * ''Todas mis guerras'' (1993), on María Félix. He is listed as editor but was, in fact, the book's ghostwriter.

Children's literature

* ''La caverna encantada'' (1997) * ''La recompensa de Nefru'' (2012)

Other work

* ''Los mejores cuentos mexicanos'' (2000) (Compiler) * ''Tríptico de juegos'' (2002), by Carlos Olmos (Prologue) * ''Teatro completo'' (2007), by Carlos Olmos (Prologue and Editor)

References

Enrique Serna
at the

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Enrique Serna's story "The Last Visit"
at ''Latin American Literature Today''
Enrique Serna's story "Last Rites"
at ''Words Without Borders''
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