Guillermo Mart�nez is an Argentine novelist and short story writer. Mart�nez was born in Bah�a Blanca, Argentina. He gained a PhD in mathematical logic at the University of Buenos Aires. After his degree in Argentina, he worked for two years in a postdoctoral position at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford. His most successful novel has been Cr�menes Imperceptibles known as The Oxford Murders, written in 2003. In the same year, he was awarded the Planeta Prize for this novel, which has been translated into a number of languages. The book has appeared as a film in 2008, directed by Alex de la Iglesia, and starring John Hurt, Elijah Wood, Leonor Watling and Julie Cox. Most of his articles and essays can be found in his personal site. 

July 29th, 1962 in Bahía Blanca (Age 62)