Enrique Serna
Enrique Serna is a Mexican writer.
Serna was born in Mexico City. Before devoting himself entirely to literature, he was a scriptwriter for various Mexican soap operas and wrote biographies of popular Mexican figures as well as working in the advertising industry as a copywriter. He has published the novels Señorita México, Uno soñaba que era rey, El miedo a los animales, El seductor de la patria, Ángeles del abismo, Fruta verde, La sangre erguida and La doble vida de Jesús. His short stories, collected in his books Amores de segunda mano, El orgasmógrafo and La ternura caníbal have been included in most anthologies of contemporary Mexican short stories. In 2003 Gabriel García Márquez named Serna as one of the best Mexican short story writers in an anthology published by Cambio review. As an essayist, Serna has published three books that share the dark humor of his fiction: Las caricaturas me hacen llorar, Giros negros and Genealogía de la soberbia intelectual. Some of his works have been translated into French, Italian, German, English and Portuguese. He presently writes a monthly article for the influential Mexican cultural review Letras Libres.
Works
Novels
Señorita México Uno soñaba que era rey El miedo a los animales El seductor de la patria Ángeles del abismo Fruta Verde La sangre erguida La doble vida de Jesús- ''El vendedor de silencio''
Short stories
Amores de segunda mano El orgasmógrafo- ''La ternura caníbal''
Essays
Las caricaturas me hacen llorar Giros negros- ''Genealogía de la soberbia intelectual''
Biography
Jorge el bueno: La vida de Jorge Negrete Todas mis guerras, on María Félix. He is listed as editor but was, in fact, the book's ghostwriter.Children's literature
La caverna encantada- ''La recompensa de Nefru''