2012Nominee
Best Performance
The Alamo
Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Actor · Writer
Gijón, Asturias, Spain
November 1, 1949
Biography
Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo (b. January 11, 1949), better known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT, is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City. He is most widely known as the founder of the neopolicial genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community. His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes. In 2018, Taibo was appointed as head of the Fondo de Cultura Económica by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Representative Works
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Critical Favorites
1994Nominee
Best Writing
Días de combate
1982Nominee
Best Writing
Días de Combate
Career Highlights
2015Highlight
Best Performance
Ernesto Guevara, also known as "Che"
2019Highlight
Best Performance
Patria
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Días de combate
Patria