José Emilio Pacheco [1060687]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2325
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Birthday: 1939-06-30
Deathday: 2014-01-26
Age: 74 years
Movies: 3
Links: Homepage, IMDB
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.