Francisco Haghenbeck
Francisco Gerardo Haghenbeck (* 1965 in Mexico City , Mexico ) is a Mexican book and comic author.
Life
Haghenbeck studied architecture at the Universidad La Salle in his home country before working in museums. He later worked as a television producer. He is the founder of the magazine Costal de Huesos , which deals with the Mexican comic.
Working as a comic book writer
Together with Brian Augustyn and Oscar Pinto , Haghenbeck wrote the script for Crimson between 1999 and 2001 . This was a comic book series of fantasy and horror stories first published by Image Comics and later part of the DC Comics label Wildstorm .
For the government of Mexico City he wrote the comic series Los 7 Pecados capitales (The Seven Deadly Sins), which was intended to encourage the prevention and reporting of criminal offenses. The next release was Los Chidos , a story about birth control for Mexican emigrants . For Editorial Clío its composition appeared Clásicos universal s comics (world classics in comics). In 2010 he published his anthology Un mexicano en cada hijo te dio , as well as the children's book Santa vs los vampiros y los hombres lobo (Santa against the vampires and the wolf people) with Tony Sandoval .
author
- Trago Amargo (Bitter Drink), a detective novel set during the filming of The Night of the Iguana .
- El código nazi (The Nazi Code ), a spy novel about Mexico during World War II.
- Solamente una vez: toda la pasión y melancolia en la vida de Agustín Lara . Editorial Planeta Mexicana, México, DF, Mexico 2007, ISBN 978-9703707157 . A novel biography of the composer and poet Lara.
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Hierba Santa , a novel based on the life of Frida Kahlo . Published in 2009 by Editorial Planeta .
- German: The secret book of Frida Kahlo. Roman , from the Spanish con Maria Hoffmann-Darteville; Insel Taschenbuch, Berlin 2011 ISBN 978-3-458-35701-8
- Aliento a muerte , a thriller whose action is set in the Second Mexican Empire . Published 2010 by Editorial Salto de Pagina .
- Un mexicano en cada hijo te dio , illustrated by Bachan. Altea, Mexico, DF, Mexico 2010, ISBN 978-6071107497 .
- El diablo me obligó . Suma de Letras, Mexico City DF 2011, ISBN 978-6071109576 .
- En el crimen nada it is free . Ediciones B, 2014.
honors and awards
Haghenbeck received so far (2011) various prizes in Mexico z. B.
- 2005: Jules Verne Prize , the prize for fiction in Guadalajara , Mexico
- 2006: Premio Nacional de Novela `` Una Vuelta de Tuerca ''
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haghenbeck, Francisco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haghenbeck, Francisco Gerardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican writer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico City , Mexico |