Vicente Leñero
Author of Los Albaniles
About the Author
Vicente Leñero was born June 9, 1933, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Before enrolling in journalism school, he studied engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. As a journalist in the 1970s, he helped found the newsweekly Proceso. He wrote several books including Los show more Albañiles (The Bricklayers). His plays included Martirio de Morelos (The Martyrdom of Morelos), Nadie Sabe Nada (Nobody Knows Anything), and a stage adaptation of The Children of Sanchez. His screenplays included El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro) and The Alley of Miracles. He died from lung cancer on December 3, 2014 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara
Works by Vicente Leñero
La viejita chiquitita chiquitita 3 copies
LOS PERIODISTAS 2 copies
El callejon de los milagros: Basada en la novela homonima de Naguib Mahfouz, Premio Nobel de Literatura 1988 (Cine)… (1997) 2 copies
EL EVANGELIO DE LUCAS GAVILN 2 copies
LOS PERDEDORES. Siete obras breves de temas deportivas. Introducción de Juan Villoro L. (1996) 1 copy
Teatro completo. Tomo 2 1 copy
Teatro completo. Tomo 1 1 copy
Pueblo rechazado 1 copy
Łamigłówka 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Leñero, Vicente
- Birthdate
- 1933-06-09
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- essayist
novelist
playwright - Awards and honors
- Biblioteca Breve (Seix Barral)
Xavier Villaurrutia Award
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- Works
- 51
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 190
- Popularity
- #114,774
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 74
- Languages
- 3