Sergio González Rodríguez

Sergio González Rodríguez
González Rodríguez at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City
Born(1950-01-26)26 January 1950
Mexico City
Died3 April 2017(2017-04-03) (aged 67)
Mexico City
OccupationJournalist, critic, essayist and screenwriter
LanguageSpanish
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
Years active1993–2017
Notable worksBones in the Desert, The Headless Man, The Femicide Machine, The Iguala 43, Field of Battle
Notable awardsFernando Benítez National Journalism Prize (1995)

Sergio González Rodríguez (26 January 1950 – 3 April 2017) was a Mexican journalist and writer who was best known for his works on the femicides in Ciudad Juárez from the 1990s to the 2000s, such as Huesos en el desierto (Bones in the Desert) and The Femicide Machine. González Rodríguez was a writer who worked in many literary genres, producing literary journalism or crónicas [es], novels, essays, and screenplays for documentaries. His writing was recognized with several awards in Mexico and Spain.