Author of fifteen novels, including: La virgen y el violin (They´re Cows, We're Pigs); El complot de los románticos (Leaving Tabasco); Las paredes hablan (Cleopatra Dismounts). Also author of books of poetry. Former: Fellow, Guggenheim and Cullman Center; Andrés Bello Chair, NYU; Alfonso Reyes Chair, La Sorbonne. Member, Sistema Nacional de Creadores, Mexico. Host, Nueva York, CUNY-TV. Recipient of awards and honours, including: Xavier Villaurrutia Prize, Mexico; Anna Seghers, and Liberaturpreis, Germany; Café Gijón Prize, Madrid; six New York Emmy awards as Host, Nueva York.