The Mexican writer won the 31st Herralde Prize with his work "Muerte Subita" (Sudden Death), a story set in the 16th century about two singular tennis opponents, Italian painter Caravaggio and Spanish poet Quevedo.

“After the Herralde Prize was awarded, the Mexican writer said in Barcelona that the novel takes place on a single day, Oct. 4, 1599 at noon, when on a tennis court in Rome's Piazza Navona the two rivals face off - Caravaggio and Quevedo,” Fox News reports. Read the complete story here.