Mateo GarcÃa Elizondo at his studio in Mexico City last month. Photograph: Emilio Espejel/The Observer
The writer â and grandson of Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez â on Mexican folklore, his early love of horror and learning to live with the familyâs literary legacy
Sat 22 May 2021 13.00 EDT
Mateo GarcÃa Elizondo, a 34-year-old writer from Mexico, may come from literary stock â his paternal grandfather is Colombian heavyweight Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and his maternal grandfather is Mexican literary giant Salvador Elizondo â but he is carving his own path at the forefront of a burgeoning scene in Spanish language literature. He has published a novel as well as written scripts for films and graphic novels. His writing is also included in Grantaâs