José Emilio Pacheco

José Emilio Pacheco was born in Mexico City on 30 June 1939. He studied law and literature at the national university, co-edited a magazine supplement with Carlos Monsiváis and became managing editor of the Revista de la Universidad. A poet above all, he wrote for decades the column “Inventario” in Proceso, translated Beckett, Eliot, Wilde and Tennessee Williams, and taught in Mexico, the United States, Canada and England. Winner of the 2009 Cervantes Prize, he died in Mexico City on 26 January 2014.

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• NarrativeBattles in the DesertLas batallas en el desiertoJosé Emilio Pacheco · 1980Literature