Jorge Volpi (Mexico, 1968). The author of fifteen novels, including A pesar del oscuro silencio (1993); the 20th Century Trilogy, composed of In Search of Klingsor (Biblioteca Breve Prize, 1999), El fin de la locura (2003) and Season of Ash (2009); La tejedora de sombras (Planeta-América Prize, 2011), Oscuro bosque oscuro (2010), Memorial del engaño (2013), Las elegidas (2014) and Una novela criminal (Alfaguara Prize, 2018), which was made into a Netflix series of the same name, and Partes de guerra (2022). He has written works of non-fiction, such as La imaginación y el poder (1998), La guerra y las palabras (2004), Mentiras contagiosas (Mazatlán Prize, 2008), El insomnio de Bolívar (Debate-Casa de América Prize, 2009), Leer la mente (2011) and Examen de mi padre (2016); and the short story collection Enrabiados (2023). He has also written plays: Las agujas dementes (2020), Mesa redonda (2024) and Los amores feroces (2025), and he is the author of the opera librettos Cuatro corridos (2011) and Tristana (2025). In 2008 he won the José Donoso Prize for his body of work, and the Spanish Medal of the Order of Isabel la Católica. He is a Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature (France). His books have been translated into around thirty languages. His most recent publication is La invención de todas las cosas. Una historia de la ficción (2024). He is currently the Artistic Director of the Condeduque Centre for Contemporary Culture, in Madrid.
