Héctor Aguilar Camín
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Héctor Aguilar Camín is a Mexican
Mexican people
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writer, journalist and historian.
Aguilar Camín graduated from the Ibero-American University with a bachelor's degree in information sciences and techniques and received a doctorate's degree in history from El Colegio de México
El Colegio de México
El Colegio de México, A.C. is a prestigious Mexican institute of higher education, specializing in teaching and research in the social sciences and the humanities...
. In 1986 he received Mexico's Cultural Journalism National Award and three years later he received a scholarship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died April 26, 1922...
while he was working as a researcher for the National Institute of Anthropology and History.
As a journalist, he has written for La Jornada
La Jornada
La Jornada is one of Mexico City's leading daily newspapers. It was established in 1984 by Carlos Payán Velver. The current editor is Carmen Lira Saade...
(which he also co-edited), Unomásuno and currently for Milenio. He edited Nexos, one of the leading cultural magazines in the country, hosted Zona abierta, a weekly current-affairs show on national television.
He is remarried to Angeles Mastretta
Ángeles Mastretta
Ángeles Mastretta is a Mexican author and journalist. She is well known for creating inspirational female characters and fictional pieces that reflect the social and political realities of Mexico in her life.-Background:...
and has three sons.
Selected books
- Morir en el golfo (1985, novel)
- Historia gráfica de México (1989, with Lorenzo Meyer).
- La guerra de Galio (1990, novel)
- Las mujeres de Adriano (2002, novel)
- Mandatos del corazón (2003, novel)