Augusto Monterroso

(Honduras, 1921-México, 2003) was named consul for Guatemala in Mexico in 1944 until 1953 when he moved to Chile again as exiled. There he contributed to the magazine La Gaceta de Chile at the invitation of Pablo Neruda. In 1956 Monterroso definitively returned to Mexico, where was involved in many cultural projects. In 1996, he obtained the prestigious Juan Rulfo Award and in 2000, he won the prestigious Príncipe de Asturias Award for Literature for his literary career. He published for the first time in 1959 Complete Works (and other Stories). His remarkable books include: Black Sheep and Other Fables (1969), Perpetual Movement (1972), or All the Rest is Silence (1978) and a collection of essays The Cow (1998).