SERGIO SCHMUCLER (1959–2019) was born in Córdoba, Argentina, in 1959 and went into exile in Mexico at the age of seventeen, where he studied social anthropology and screenwriting. His other novels include La cabeza de Mariano Rosas and Detrás del vidrio. In 2001 he received the Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Film for the screenplay of Crónica de un Desayuno. Sergio Schmucler was also a tireless fighter for human rights.