Hugo Hiriart

Hugo Hiriart
Hugo Hiriart in 2015
Born (1942-04-28) April 28, 1942 (age 84)
Mexico city
EducationNational Autonomous University of Mexico
Occupations
  • Writer
  • playwright
  • scholar
SpouseGuita Schyfter
Children2
Relatives
  • Fernando Hiriart Balderrama
  • Humberto Hiriart
  • Marcia Hiriart
  • Berta Hiriart
Writing career
Notable workGalaor
Notable awards

Hugo Hiriart Urdanivia (born April 28, 1942) is a Mexican writer, playwright and scholar.

Career

Hiriart was born in Mexico City on April 28, 1942. His father was Fernando Hiriart Balderrama [es], a civil servant who was Secretary of Energy and director of Comisión Federal de Electricidad. His brother is congressman Humberto Hiriart [es] and his sisters are academic Marcia Hiriart [es] and writer Berta Hiriart.

He studied at the School of Philosophy and Letters at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda". He has worked as a columnist in several newspapers and magazines, including Excélsior, Letras Libres, Nexos, Unomásuno, Plural, Vuelta, and La Jornada Semanal. His literary work includes novels and essays, and he has written over a dozen plays and screenplays.

He was director of the Mexican Cultural Institute in New York and as cultural attaché at the Mexican Embassy there. He was the director and producer of the Teatro Santa Catarina. He is a professor and researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México.

He has been involved in many film projects, mostly in collaboration with Guita Schyfter, his wife.

Awards and honors

In 1972, Hiriart won the Xavier Villaurrutia Award for Galaor, and in 1999, he received the Juan Ruiz de Alarcón National Playwriting Award. He was awarded the Mazatlán Literature Prize (Spanish: Premio Mazatlán de Literatura) in 2011 for El arte de perdurar, and the Sinaloa Letters Prize (Spanish: Premio Letras de Sinaloa) in 2015.

Hiriart was a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in 1983. He has been a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte since 1994.

In 1994 he received the Ariel Award for Best Screenplay for Novia que no te vea, a film based on the novel by Rosa Nissán. and in 2024 was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

In 2009 he was awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in the Linguistics and literature category.

Hiriart became member of the Academia de Artes in October 29, 1992. He was elected a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua on October 25, 2012, to occupy Chair XVIII.

In 2017 he was awarded the Fine Arts Medal.

Personal life

Hiriart is married to director and screenwriter Guita Schyfter [es]. They have 2 children, Sebastián and Ximena, both filmmakers.

Selected works

Novels

Essay

Screenplays

References

  1. ↑ Morales V., Francisco (23 April 2022). "Revela Hugo Hiriart su faceta plástica" (in Spanish). MURAL. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Hugo Hiriart, referente de la dramaturgia mexicana" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
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  6. ↑ "Hugo Hiriart Diario apócrifo y otros ensayos" (in Spanish). Universidad Autonoma de la Ciudad de Mexico. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  7. ↑ Aguilar Sosa, Yanet (3 May 2022). "80 años de Hugo Hiriart" (in Spanish). EL UNIVERSAL PLUS. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  8. ↑ Rivaud Delgado, Emilio (26 November 2024). ""'El águila y el gusano' es el país en que vivimos." Entrevista a Guita Schyfter". Letras Libres (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  9. ↑ "Hugo Hiriart obtiene el Premio Mazatlán de Literatura 2011". eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  10. ↑ "Hugo Hiriart recibirá el Premio Letras de Sinaloa 2015" (in Spanish). DEBATE. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  11. ↑ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1983). Reports of the President and the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  12. ↑ "Da a conocer la SEP designados para recibir el Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes 2009" (in Spanish). La Jornada. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  13. ↑ "Hugo Hiriart gana Premio de Ciencias y Artes". El Universal (in Spanish). 29 August 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  14. ↑ "El dramaturgo Hugo Hiriart ingresará a la AML". El Universal (in Spanish). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  15. ↑ "Ingresará Hugo Hiriart a la AML" (in Spanish). Noroeste. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  16. ↑ "Hugo Hiriart". Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (in Spanish). 2 October 2026. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  17. ↑ "Medalla Bellas Artes para Hugo Hiriart" (in Spanish). Reforma. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  18. ↑ "Reconoce Bellas Artes trayectoria de Hugo Hiriart" (in Spanish). El Universal. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  19. ↑ Bucio, Erika P. (11 November 2023). "No entro en el folclor de la miseria.- Guita Schyfter" (in Spanish). REFORMA. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  20. ↑ Vértiz De La Fuente, Columba (20 June 2017). "Canal 22 estrena serie de Guita Schyfter sobre Melchor Ocampo" (in Spanish). Proceso. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  21. ↑ Pardavé, Omar A. G. (12 February 2024). ""El Águila y el gusano", de Guita Schyfter". Grupo Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  22. ↑ "El Águila y el Gusano". PenguinLibros (in mx). 1 June 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)