José Emilio Pacheco
José Emilio Pacheco Berny (30 June 1939 – 26 January 2014) 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".
Also recorded as Jose Emilio Pacheco
José Emilio Pacheco
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- Name
- José Emilio Pacheco
- Birth Name
- José Emilio Pacheco Berny
- Born
- 30 June 1939
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Died
- 26 January 2014
- Education
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Occupation
- Writer
- Full name
- José Emilio Pacheco Barny.
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Fields
- poetry
- Known for
- Battles in the Desert
- Honours
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize · José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature · Alfonso Reyes International Prize · Xavier Villaurrutia Award · National Prize for Arts and Sciences · Reina Sofía Award
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Biography
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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. He died aged 74 in 2014 after suffering a cardiac arrest.
José Emilio Pacheco studied at National Autonomous University of Mexico. The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry. Employment is recorded with University of Essex, National Autonomous University of Mexico and University of Maryland. Works named in the authority record are Battles in the Desert. Work by José Emilio Pacheco is recorded in the collections of Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Distinctions recorded are Miguel de Cervantes Prize, José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature, Alfonso Reyes International Prize and Xavier Villaurrutia Award.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — José Emilio Pacheco • Birth Name — José Emilio Pacheco Berny • Born — 30 June 1939 • Birthplace — Mexico City, Mexico • Died — 26 January 2014 • Place of death — Mexico City, Mexico • Education — National Autonomous University of Mexico • Occupation — Writer • Children — 2
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José Emilio Pacheco was a writer, essayist and translator, born on 30 June 1939 in Mexico City and died on 26 January 2014. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek; the death by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Works
Works
Poetry • Los elementos de la noche (1963) • El reposo del fuego (1966) • No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo (1970) • Irás y no volverás (1973) • Islas a la deriva (1976) • Desde entonces (1979) • Los trabajos del mar (1983) • Miro la tierra (1987) • Selected Poems, ed. George McWhirter (1987, in English) • Ciudad de la memoria (1990) • El silencio de la luna (1996) • City of Memory and Other Poems, trans. David Lauer, Cynthia Steele (1997, in English) • La arena errante (1999) • Siglo pasado (2000) • Tarde o temprano: Poemas 1958-2009 (2009, Complete Poetry) • Como la lluvia (2009) • La edad de las tinieblas (2009) • El espejo de los ecos (2012) Novel and short stories • El viento distante y otros relatos (1963) • Morirás lejos (1967) • El principio del placer (1972) • La sangre de Medusa (1977) • Las batallas en el desierto (1981) • Battles in the Desert & Other Stories, trans. Katherine Silver (1987, in English)
Awards
He was awarded the following prizes: Premio Cervantes 2009, Reina Sofía Award (2009), Federico García Lorca Award (2005), Octavio Paz Award (2003), Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry 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. 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.
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