Mauricio Segura

Born in Chile, Mauricio Segura is a writer, journalist, and screenwriter. When he was five years old, his family settled in Montréal’s Côte-des-Neiges district, where he grew up. He studied French and economics and later finished a PhD in French language and literature. Mauricio Segura is a member of UNEQ, Québec’s writers’ union, as well as Sartec, a union for radio, TV, and film workers. In his novels, Segura explores the immigrant experience, social climate and tensions in multiethnic neighbourhoods in Montréal. With a critical look at present-day realities, Seguro amplifies, unfiltered, different voices from different backgrounds and with diverging points of view. - Encyclopédie du MEM