Mario Mendoza

MARIO MENDOZA was born in Bogotá in 1964. He has published a series of novels under the prestigious Seix Barral imprint including “La ciudad de los umbrales” (1992), “Scorpio City” (1998), “Relato de un asesino” (2001), “Cobro de sangre” (2004). In 1995 his collection of short stories “La travesía del vidente” (re-edited in 2008) won him the National Prize for Literature awarded by the Cultural and Tourism Institute. Mendoza then obtained the widely-respected Biblioteca Breve de Seix Barral Prize in 2002 with the best-seller Satanás. In 2004, he published “Una escalera al cielo”, a collection of short stories, and his latest novel, “Los hombres invisibles” (The invisible Men), was published in 2007.

In addition to his novels, Mario Mendoza has written some of Colombia’s major national newspapers including El Tiempo, as well as writing for other cultural publications. He has published various essays and literary anthologies and has taught literature at various leading universities including La Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá and James Madison University, Virginia.