Early Life
Xavier Villaurrutia was born in Mexico City in 1903. He studied in the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria( National Preparatory School) and in the Escuela de Jurisprudencia (Jurisprudence School). During that time, he felt a certain affinity to writing so he decided to dedicate his life to writing literature.
In 1928 he joined the grupo de los Contemporáneos ( Contemporaries). In 1935, he received a scholarship to study in the Yale University where he studied Theatre. Returning to Mexico in 1937, he started working for the local newspaper "Letras de Mexico".
Alongside with Salvador Novo, they founded the magazine Ulises in 1927.
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