Juan José Arreola Zuñiga

Background

Arreola Zuñiga, Juan José was born on September 21, 1918 in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico. Son of Felipe Arreola Mendoza, uneducated carpenter and small rancher, and Victoria Zuftiga.

Education

Completed fourth grade. Fellow, Colegio de México. Studied dramatics under Rodolfo Usigli and Xavier Villarrutia.

Fellow, French Institute of Latin America, under directors Jean Louis Barrault and Louis Jouvet in Paris. Professor, School of Theater, National Autonomous University, 1959. Professor of Literature, School of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University, 1964.

Director, Casa del Lago, National Autonomous University, 1959-1961.

Career

Coordinator of Publications, Presidency, 1961. Held numerous jobs, including street vendor, baker, printer, bookbinder. Published first story, 1943.

Poet, actor, playwright. Author, major literary magazines. Proofreader, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1946-1949.

Editor of Pan and Eos in Jalisco. Founder and director of Mester. National Prize in Literature, 1979.

Religion

Roman Catholic

Connections

Spouse Sara Sánchez Torres.

Father:

Felipe Arreola Mendoza

Mother:

Victoria

Spouse:

Sara Sánchez Torres