José Emilio Pacheco

Jesus Rodero (University of Strathclyde)

Ed. by Nuala Finnegan, University College Cork
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 4.1.3: Hispanic Writing and Culture of Central America and the Caribbean.
Vol. editors: Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Ceire Broderick (University College Cork), Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork), Anna Forné (Gothenburg University), Cara Levey (University College Cork), Lori Oxford (Western Carolina University), Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Dates

Born 1939
Died 2014

Places

Active in Mexico

Activities

Primary

Poet

Resources

Pacheco's Works

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José Emilio Pacheco is a key and prolific figure in twentieth century Mexican literature. Born in Mexico City in 1939, he is regarded as one of the main figures of the so-called

Generación de los 50 o del Medio Siglo

[The 1950’s or Half-century Generation], alongside other significant writers such as Carlos Monsiváis, Salvador Elizondo and Sergio Pitol, to name a few. He is best known as a poet, but he also cultivated prose fiction (both novels and short stories), essays (mostly through his columns in newspapers and literary magazines), and translations (his translations of Samuel Beckett, T.S. Elliot and Oscar Wilde being perhaps the most celebrated).

His writings have been characterised as concerned with a recurring questioning of history, time and the nature of the human condition.

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Citation: Rodero, Jesus. "José Emilio Pacheco". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 July 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13905, accessed 21 November 2024.]