Juan José Saer

Juan José Saer was an Argentine writer who lived from 1937 to 2005. He is best known for the novel The Event (La ocasión), which won the Premio Nadal in 1987, and his other books include Nobody Nothing Never and The Witness. He also shared the Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1990 for the film Las veredas de Saturno, and received a Platinum Konex Award in 2004 for his work from 1994 to 1998.