Hiram Ruvalcaba

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Hiram Ruvalcaba is a Mexican writer, journalist, and literature professor. He holds a degree in Hispanic Literature from the University of Guadalajara.

His career combines literary creation with teaching and research, and has focused primarily on short fiction, narrative nonfiction, and the novel. Through a raw and deeply human perspective, his work explores themes such as violence, fatherhood, death, and the social conflicts that shape contemporary Mexico.

Throughout his career, he has received numerous distinctions, including the Mariano Azuela National Narrative Prize (2016), the Comala National Young Short Story Prize (2018), the Ricardo Garibay National Young Chronicle Prize, the José Alvarado National Short Story Prize (2020), and the Agustín Yáñez National Short Story Prize (2021). In 2024, he also received the First Novel Prize.