Hernán Lara Zavala (born 28 February 1946) is a Mexican novelist, literary critic and academic at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was educated at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of East Anglia (MA, 1981). He was awarded the José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature in 1995. In 2010 he was awarded the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language prize. Works 1981: De Zitilchén 1987: El Mismo Cielo 1989: Las Novela En El Quijote 1990: Charras 1992: Contra El Angel 1992: Tuch Y Odilón 1994: Después Del Amor Y Otros Cuentos 1995: Equipaje De Mano 1997: Cuentos Escogidos 1998: Viaje Al Corazón De La Península 2008: Península, Península 2010: El Guante Negro Y Otros Cuentos References 1946 births Living people National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia National Autonomous University of Mexico faculty Mexican novelists Male novelists 20th-century Mexican writers 20th-century Mexican male writers 21st-century Mexican writers People from Mexico City Mexican literary critics