Amparo Dávila
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Dávila in 2016 | |
| Born | 21 February 1928 Pinos, Zacatecas, Mexico |
| Died | 18 April 2020 (aged 92) Zacatecas, Mexico |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable work | Árboles petrificados (Petrified Trees) (1977), Tiempo destrozado (Broken Time) (1959) |
| Awards | Premio Xavier Villaurrutia (1977), Medalla Bellas Artes (2015) |
Amparo Dávila (21 February 1928 – 18 April 2020) was a Mexican writer best known for her short stories touching on the fantastic and the uncanny. She won the Xavier Villarrutia Award in 1977 for her short story collection, Árboles petrificados. In 2015, a literary prize in her honor was created in Mexico for the best story within the genre of "the fantastic": the Premio Bellas Artes del Cuento Fantástico Amparo Dávila.