Jorge Majfud (born September 10, 1969) is a Uruguayan American writer. Life He was born in Tacuarembó, Uruguay. He received a professional degree in Architecture in 1996 from the University of the Republic in Montevideo and studied at Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. He traveled extensively to gather material that would later become part of his novels and essays and was a professor at the Universidad Hispanoamericana of Costa Rica and at Escuela Técnica del Uruguay, where he taught art and mathematics. In 2003 he entered the University of Georgia, where he obtained a Masters and a Ph.D. in the Department of Romance Languages. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Araucaria review of Spain, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and a Professional Member of PEN American Center. He taught at the University of Georgia and was a professor at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Currently, he is a professor at Jacksonville University. Majfud has won many the Excellence in Research Award in Humanities and Letters 2006, Casa de las Américas prize 2001, Juan Rulfo Award finalist 2011, Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Professional Activities, Jacksonville University, 2013, and winner Premio Letterario Internazionale Indipendente Settima edizione Award (The Independent International Literary Award 2019, Italy). His novels and essays are under study in different universities in Europe, the U.S., and Latin America. "He is one of the most important writers of a new generation of Latino intellectuals". In 2012, readers of the American magazine Foreign Policy (now EsGlobal in Spanish) recognized him as "The Most Influential Latin American Intellectual" He delivered public lectures at many universities and events around the world Works His publications include: Hacia qué patrias del silencio / memorias de un desaparecido (novel, 1996) Crítica de la pasión pura (essays, 1998) La reina de América (novel, 2001) El tiempo que me tocó vivir (essays, 2004) La narración de lo invisible / Significados ideológicos de América Latina (essays, 2006) Perdona nuestros pecados (short stories, 2007) La ciudad de la Luna (novel, 2009) Crisis (novel, 2012) Cyborgs (essays, 2012) El eterno retorno de Quetzalcoátl, 2012. Cuentos, audiobook, 2014 Cine político latinoamericano, essays, 2014 Herrmenéutica, essays, 2014 El pasado siempre vuelve, short stories, 2014 Algo salió mal, short stories, 2015 El mar estaba sereno, novel, 2017 USA. ¿Confía Dios en nosotros?, essays, 2017 Neomedievalism. Reflections on the Post-Enlightenment Era, essays, 2018 Tequila, novel, 2018 El