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Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
José Emilio Pacheco Berny [1] was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century. The Berlin International Literature Festival has praised him as "one of the most significant contemporary Latin American poets".[2] In 2009 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize for his literary oeuvre.[3]
(30 June 1939 – 26 January 2014)
José Emilio Pacheco | |
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Born | José Emilio Pacheco Berny 30 June 1939 Mexico City, Mexico |
Died | 26 January 2014 74) Mexico City, Mexico | (aged
Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Occupation | Writer |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
He taught at UNAM, as well as the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Essex, and many others in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
He died aged 74 in 2014 after suffering a cardiac arrest.[4]
He was awarded the following prizes: Premio Cervantes 2009, Reina Sofía Award (2009), Federico García Lorca Award (2005), Octavio Paz Award (2003), Pablo Neruda Award (2004), Ramón López Velarde Award (2003), Alfonso Reyes International Prize (2004), José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature (2000), National José Asunción Silva Poetry Award (1996), and Xavier Villaurrutia Prize. In 2013 he was awarded the Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings festival in Struga, Macedonia.[5] He was elected by unanimous acclaim to the Mexican Academy (Academia Mexicana de la Lengua) on 28 March 2006. He was a member of The National College (El Colegio Nacional) since 1986.
Poetry
Novel and short stories
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