Jose Luis Sabau
Mexico
The New Yorker for Spanish
Building Perpetuo: the New Yorker for Spanish-speakers—an online magazine that publishes pieces from every Spanish-speaking country
Biography
José Luis is the founder and editor in chief of Perpetuo—the Spanish speaking New Yorker.
He was born in Cozumel (a small island near Cancun) and now lives in Mexico City. He graduated from Stanford with a BA in political science and economics and an MA in Latin American Studies.
He is obsessed with the Nobel Prize in literature and has made it his goal to double the number of Spanish speaking laureates. He is the author of the essay collections "Los Constitucionalistas" and the forth coming "A dónde van las golondrinas". Besides Perpetuo, he's published in Politico, El Pais, and the Miami Herald.
In Jose's words
“This fellowship is a recognition to an entire language. I'm sure that, in a decade, we will look back on Perpetuo as the magazine that changed the course of Spanish. When that happens, I will look back myself to this fellowship as the opportunity that changed the course for Perpetuo.”
Awards
- 2026
O'Shaughnessy Fellowship
Building Perpetuo: the New Yorker for Spanish-speakers—an online magazine that publishes pieces from every Spanish-speaking country
- 2025
O'Shaughnessy Grant
Perpetuo: The New Yorker for the Spanish-speaking world.
“I hope one day people can look back at Perpetuo and see it as a turning point in the Spanish language. If that is the case, becoming part of the OSV community should be seen as a turning point for Perpetuo—one for which I shall be forever grateful.”
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