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José Emilio Pacheco Berny
2008 Octavio Paz award ceremony

José Emilio Pacheco Berny (born June 30, 1939 in Mexico City) is a Mexican essayist, novelist and short story writer.[1][2][3][4] He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century.[3][4] Pacheco's contemporaries include Elena Poniatowska, Carlos Fuentes‎ and Carlos Monsiváis.[5] He has been a member of El Colegio National (Spanish: the National College) since July 10, 1986.[1][2] As of May 23, 2006, Pacheco is a Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (Spanish: Mexican Academy of the Language) appointee.[6] Amongst his many works are T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets and Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire.[3] In 1973, Pacheco won an award named for Xavier Villaurrutia for his short work entitled the El principio del placer (Spanish: The pleasure principle).[3]

Early life and education[edit]

José Emilio Pacheco Berny was born on June 30, 1939 in Mexico City.[1][2][3][4] He studied at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, (Spanish: National Autonomous University of Mexico or UNAM), where he studied law and philosophy.[3]

Literary career[edit]

Pacheco began his literary career at Medio Siglo magazine (Spanish: Half Century).[1]

Career as an educator[edit]

Pacheco has taught at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 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.

Awards[edit]

In 1967, Pacheco received the Magda Donato award for Morirás lejos (Spanish: Die afar).[3] In 1969, he won the Premio Nacional de Poesía Aguascalientes (Spanish: Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize) for No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo (Spanish: Do not ask me how time flies).[3]

In 1973, Pacheco won the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia for the El principio del placer (Spanish: The pleasure principle).[3] He was awarded the Premio Nacional de Periodismo (Spanish: National Journalism Prize) in 1980 for Divulgación Cultura (Spanish: Cultural Outreach).[3]

Since July 10, 1986 Pacheco has been a member of the Colegio National (Spanish: the National College).[1][2]

In 1992, Pacheco was inducted into the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, (Spanish: Mexican National Council for Culture and Arts), in the fields of language and literature.[7]

Pacheco has been awarded the following prizes: Premio Cervantes 2009, Reina Sofía (2009), Federico Garcia Lorca (2005), Octavio Paz (2003), Pablo Neruda (2004), Ramón López Velarde (2003), Alfonso Reyes (2004), José Asunción Silva (1996), and Xavier Villaurrutia. He was elected by unanimous acclaim to the Mexican Academy (Academia Mexicana de la Lengua) on March 28, 2006.

Poetry[edit]

  • Los elementos de la noche
  • El reposo del fuego
  • La arena errante
  • Siglo pasado (Desenlace)
  • No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo (Don't Ask Me How the Time Goes by: Poems, 1964-1968)
  • El silencio de la luna
  • Tarde o temprano (Collected works)
  • La fábula del tiempo (Anthology)
  • José Emilio Pacheco: Selected Poems Edited by George McWhirter (New Directions, 1987)
  • City of Memory and Other Poems trans. David Lauer, Cynthia Steele (Collected Works)
  • Irás y no volverás
  • Islas a la deriva
  • Desde entonces
  • Miro la tierra
  • Gota de lluvia y otros poemas para niños y jóvenes (Anthology)
  • Álbum de zoología (Anthology)

Novel and short stories[edit]

  • El viento distante y otros relatos(1963)
  • Morirás lejos (1967)
  • El principio del placer (1972)
  • La sangre de Medusa (1977)
  • Las batallas en el desierto (1981)

Further reading[edit]

English:

  • Modern Spanish American poets. Second series / María Antonia Salgado., 2004
  • José Emilio Pacheco and the poets of the shadows / Ronald J Friis., 2001
  • Out of the volcano : portraits of contemporary Mexican artists / Margaret Sayers Peden., 1991
  • Tradition and renewal : essays on twentieth-century Latin American literature and culture / Merlin H Forster., 1975
  • The turning tides : the poetry of José Emilio Pacheco / Mary Kathryn Docter., 1991
  • Jose Emilio Pacheco: Selected Poems / Ed. George McWhirter., New Directions,1987
  • Time in the poetry of José Emilio Pacheco : images, themes, poetics / Judith Roman Topletz., 1983

Spanish:

  • José Emilio Pacheco : perspectivas críticas / Hugo J Verani., 2006
  • Ensoñación cósmica : poética de El reposo de fuego de José Emilio Pacheco / Betina Bahía Diwan., 2004
  • Dilemas de la poesía de fin de siglo : José Emilio Pacheco y Jaime Saenz / Elizabeth Pérez., 2001
  • José Emilio Pacheco : poeta y cuentista posmoderno / José de Jesús Ramos., 1992
  • El papel del lector en la novela mexicana contemporánea: José Emilio Pacheco/ Magda Graniela-Rodríguez., 1991
  • José Emilio Pacheco : poética y poesía del prosaísmo / Daniel Torres., 1990
  • La hoguera y el viento : José Emilio Pacheco ante la crítica / Hugo J Verani., 1987
  • José Emilio Pacheco / Luis Antonio de Villena., 1986
  • Ficción e historia : la narrativa de José Emilio Pacheco / Yvette Jiménez de Báez., 1979

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "El Colegio Nacional". Colegio Nacional (in Spanish). colegionacional.org.mx. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "Colegio Nacional". Colegio Nacional. Google translate. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Recibe José Emilio Pacheco premio al Mérito Literario". El Universal (in Spanish). eluniversal.com.mx. 22 de junio de 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Recibe José Emilio Pacheco premio al Mérito Literario". El Universal. Google translate. 22 de junio de 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Stevenson, Mark (June 19, 2010). "Mexican author Carlos Monsivais dies at age 72". The Boston Globe. boston.com. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Academia Mexicana de la Lengua - Miembros". Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (in Spanish). www.academia.org.mx. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  7. ^ "ÍNDICE POR AÑO y CAMPO" (PDF). Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. ecultura.gob.mx. p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2010.

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