Rodolfo Usigli was born on November 17, 1905 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico as Rodolfo Usigli Wainer. He was a writer, known for The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955), Susana (1951) and El niño y la niebla (1953). He died on June 18, 1979 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.