Vicente Leñero was born June 9, 1933, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Before enrolling in journalism school, he studied engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. As a journalist in the 1970s, he helped found the newsweekly Proceso. He wrote several books including Los Albañiles (The Bricklayers). His plays included Martirio de Morelos (The Martyrdom of Morelos), Nadie Sabe Nada (Nobody Knows Anything), and a stage adaptation of The Children of Sanchez. His screenplays included El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro) and The Alley of Miracles. He died from lung cancer on December 3, 2014 at the age of 81.
