José Emilio Pacheco

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1939-06-30

Deathday 2014-01-26 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Mexico City, Mexico

Also Known As Emilio Pacheco

José Emilio Pacheco

Biography

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.

Known For

Writer

2018
Battles

as Novel

1987
1977
Lecumberri

as Writer

1976
1976
Foxtrot

as Screenplay

1974
1973
The Cubs

as Writer

1973
1972
La otra mujer

as Dialogue

1965
Distant Wind

as Story

Actor

2009
José Emilio Pacheco: me llamo Nadie

as Self (archive footage)

1936
Song of the Gringo

as Orchestra Leader