2025Nominee
Best Writing
Aqueronte
José Emilio Pacheco
Actor · Writer
Mexico City, Mexico
June 30, 1939
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1976Nominee
Best Writing
Foxtrot
1978Nominee
Best Writing
The Place Without Limits
Career Highlights
1987Highlight
Best Writing
Mariana Mariana
1936Highlight
Best Performance
Song of the Gringo
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The Place Without Limits
Mariana Mariana
Castle of Purity