Vicente Lenero Biography

Fast Facts

• Won four Silver Ariel Awards for Best Screenplay for "Mariana, Mariana" in 1988, "Midaq Alley" in 1995, "Herod's Law" in 2000, and "The Crime of Father Amaro" in 2003
• Was awarded the Salvador Toscano Medal at the Ariel Awards in 2008
• Won two Havana Film Festival Awards for Best Screenplay, one for "Midaq Alley" in 1995 and one for "The Crime of Father Amaro" in 2002
• His screenplay for "Herod's Law" is considered to be one of the best Mexican political satires ever written
• Graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1959
• Got his start in the entertainment industry as a writer for the TV series "Las momias de Guanajuato" in 1962
• Wrote his first novel, "La voz adolorida," in 1961, and completed his famous work "The Bricklayers" two years later
• Best known as a journalist, novelist, and playwright who wrote "The Crime of Father Amaro" and "Midaq Alley․"
• Was one of the founders of the influential newsmagazine Proceso in the 1970s