Jorge Volpi

Jorge Volpi at the Guadalajara Book Fair (2005)

Jorge Luis Volpi Escalante (born July 10, 1968 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican writer . He is counted as part of the so-called Generación del Crack , a writer's movement at the end of the 20th century whose manifesto calls for a departure from magical realism . His best-known work is the novel The Klingsor Paradox .

Life

Volpi studied law and literature at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and later did a doctorate in Spanish philology at the University of Salamanca in Spain . After completing his doctorate, Volpi worked as a lawyer, but later worked from 1992 to 1994 as secretary to the Mexican Secretary General Diego Valadés . Since then he has been working full-time as a freelance writer. From 2001 to 2004 he was cultural attaché at the Mexican embassy in Paris . Since 2007 he has been director of the UNAM's cultural channel , Canal 22 .

A pesar del oscuro silencio . Joaquín Mortiz, 1993 ISBN 978-968-27-0532-8
La paz de los sepulcros . Editorial Aldus, 1995 ISBN 978-968-6830-44-6
El temperamento melancólico . Nueva Imagen, 1996 ISBN 978-968-39-1298-5
- The strangling angel . Klett-Cotta, 2002 ISBN 978-3-608-93065-8
En busca de Klingsor . Seix Barral, 1999; Rayo, 2008 ISBN 978-0-06-162672-2
- The Klingsor Paradox . Klett-Cotta, 2001 ISBN 3-608-93066-3
El fin de la locura . Seix Barral, 2003 ISBN 978-968-6941-84-5
No sera la tierra . Alfaguara, 2006 ISBN 978-970-770-654-5
- Time of ashes . Novel in three acts. Klett-Cotta, 2009 ISBN 978-3-608-93701-5

1999 “ Premio Biblioteca Breve ” (Spanish Literature Prize) for The Klingsor Paradox
1999 “ Deux-Océans-Grinzane-Cavour ” (French literature prize) for The Klingsor Paradox
2018 Premio Alfaguara de Novela for Una novela criminal

Christian Schüle: Guilt is the ultimate norm . In: Die Zeit , No. 51/2002; Review of Der Würgeengel .

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personal data
SURNAME	Volpi, Jorge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Volpi Escalante, Jorge Luis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mexican writer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 10, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mexico city