Jorge Ibargüengoitia

Who was Jorge Ibargüengoitia?

Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: Las Muertas, Dos Crimenes, and Los Relámpagos de Agosto. His plays include Susana y los Jóvenes and Ante varias esfinges, both dating from the 1950s. In 1955, Ibarguengoitia received a Rockefeller grant to study in New York City; five years later he received the Mexico City literary award. He died in 1983 in Avianca Flight 011.