Daniel Sada

Sada was born in Mexicali in 1953. He studied journalism and Spanish literature in Sacramento, Coahuila, showing especial affinity for the works of Dante and Ovid. Sada later said of his early influences, his first contacts with literature, and the metric structures he admired: "I have a deep knowledge, from childhood, of the most elemental constructions of these metric forms, so characteristic of Spanish. In my primary school in Sacramento, Coahuila, Panchita Cabrera, a rural schoolteacher who was an ardent fan of the Spanish Golden Age (a type that no longer exists) taught us these phonetic techniques with one goal in mind: that we might fine-tune our ears in order to appreciate the expressive delicacy and virulence of our language". He was a professor at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, The Hispanic Academy of San Miguel de Allende, and the Carlos Setién Garcia School of Journalism. Sada organized many poetry workshops in Mexico City and several other cities. He was granted a scholarship by the INBA and FONCA and, since 1994, he was member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte. Sada died from renal failure brought upon by diabetes on November 18, 2011 in Mexico City. Hours before Sada's death, he was awarded Mexico's prestigious National Prize for Arts and Sciences in the Literature category. Sada never learned of this honor as he had been under sedation immediately prior to his death.

• Un rato (UAM-I, 1985) • Juguete de nadie y otras historias (FCE, Letras Mexicanas, 1985) • Los siete pecados capitales (colectivo), (CONACULTA/INBA/SEP, 1989) • Registro de causantes (Joaquín Mortíz, 1990) • Tres historias (UAM/Juan Pablos/CNCA/INBA/Cuadernos del Nigromante, 1991) • Antología presentida (Conaculta, 1993) • Todo y la recompensa. Cuentos completos (Debate, 2002) • Ese modo que colma (Anagrama) • Una de dos / One or the Other, translated by Ellen Calmus. Tameme, 1999.

• Lampa vida (Premiá Editora, 1980) • Albedrío (Leega Literaria, 1989, Tusquets, 2001) • Una de dos (Alfaguara, 1994, Tusquets, 2002) • Porque parece mentira la verdad nunca se sabe (Tusquets, 1999). • Luces artificiales (Joaquín Mortiz, 2002) • Ritmo delta (Planeta Mexicana, 2005) • La duración de los empeños simples (Joaquín Mortiz, 2006). • Almost Never (Casi nunca) (Anagrama, 2008). • A la vista (Anagrama, 2011). • El lenguaje del juego (Anagrama, 2012).

• Los lugares (UAM, La Rosa de los Vientos, 1977). • El amor es cobrizo (Ediciones Sin Nombre, 2005). • Aquí (FCE, 2008).

• El límite (Vuelta, 1997)

Daniel Sada is recorded with the occupation prose writer. Recorded as having received Xavier Villaurrutia Award, National Prize for Arts and Sciences and Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa Colima para Obra Publicada. Recognition and collections. Sada received Xavier Villaurrutia Award, National Prize for Arts and Sciences and Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa Colima para Obra Publicada.