Daniel Saldaña París

Wednesday, May 6, 2015. As part of the 41st Buenos Aires International Book Fair, the talk Chilango and Lunfardo: The Language of the Streets was held with Óscar Conde, José Luis Moure and Daniel Saldaña París at the Salón Alfonso Reyes del Yellow Pavilion of the FILBA. Photo: Antonio Nava / Secretary of Culture Mexico City

Daniel Saldaña París (born 1984) is a Mexican poet, essayist, and novelist. He gained acclaim for his debut novel En medio de extrañas víctimas and its follow-up El nervio principal (published in English by Charco Press and Coffee House Press). He has also published volumes of poetry. In 2015, he was included in the anthology México20: New Voices, Old Traditions (Pushkin Press), celebrating the best young Mexican writers. In 2017, he was chosen as one of the Bogotá39, a selection of the best young Latin American writers under forty. In 2022 he became a fellow at the Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars of the New York Public Library.