Gustavo Sainz

Gustavo Sainz was a Mexican writer who was associated with the literary movement "la Onda". His work was experimental and innovative, exploring themes such as youth, sexuality, urban life, and social criticism. He started publishing his work in newspapers at the age of ten and wrote his first novel, Gazapo, when he was twenty-five. He won several awards, such as the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize and the Colima Prize for Narrative. He also worked as a journalist, editor, and professor in various institutions in Mexico and the United States. He was a professor emeritus at Indiana University in Bloomington, where he died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in 2015. He left behind a legacy of 18 novels, countless articles, and various children's books.