Juan José Arreola, Mexican writer and academic (died 2001)

Juan José Arreola

Mexican writer, academic, and actor (1918–2001)

Juan José Arreola Zúñiga was a Mexican writer, academic, and actor. He is considered Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the 20th century. Arreola is recognized as one of the first Latin American writers to abandon realism; he used elements of fantasy to…