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José Emilio Pacheco

1939-06-30 Mexico City, Mexico

Image of José Emilio Pacheco

Biografia

José Emilio Pacheco Berny (June 30, 1939 – January 26, 2014), better known simply as Jose Emilio Pacho or Emilio Pacheco, 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". In 2009 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize for his literary oeuvre. 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.

Películas

El Extraño Experimento del Profesor Elizondo Self 2007-10-08
Song of the Gringo Orchestra Leader 1936-11-22