José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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José Emilio Pacheco Berny audioⓘ (30 June 1939 – 26 January 2014)[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]
José Emilio Pacheco | |
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Born | José Emilio Pacheco Berny (1939-06-30)30 June 1939 Mexico City, Mexico |
Died | 26 January 2014(2014-01-26) (aged 74) Mexico City, Mexico |
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]