Born in Puebla, Mexico in 1966.

Palou is a member of the so-called “Crack Generation".

He has worked at times as a waiter, soccer referee, store manager, high-school teacher, university professor, cultural promoter, editor and journalist.

Palou has published more than 14 books, including En la alcoba de un mundo (1992), Memoria de los días(1996), Amores enormes (winner of the 1991 Jorge Ibargüengoitia National Satirical Narrative Prize), Paraíso clausurado (2000), La casa del silencio, aproximación en tres tiempos a Contemporáneos (winner of the 1998 Francisco Xavier Clavijero National History Prize) and El último campeonato mundial (1997), in which soccer is the protagonist.

Links:

http://www.escueladinamicadeescritores.com/Profesores/Pedro-Angel-Palou.html

http://www.literaturainba.com/escritores/pedro_angel_palou.htm