330pp , About the Book :: José Emilio Pacheco Berny (Mexico City , June 30, 1939 ) is a poet , essayist , translator , novelist and short story writer Mexican member of the so-called " Generation of the Fifties ' with Carlos Monsivais Eduardo Lizalde , Sergio Pitol , Juan Vicente Melo , Vicente Leñero , Juan García Ponce , Sergio Galindo and Salvador Elizondo ... of great humanity, sympathy and modesty, with a prodigious erudition, was recognized as a man of letters from a young age . In the fifties already included in anthologies alongside the great American poets . He studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico , where he began his literary activities in the journal Half Century ; translated from English and published books of poetry and narrative ; also worked directing and editing library collections and various publications and cultural supplements. Beside Carlos Monsivais , shared address Supplement of stations ; was deputy editor of the Journal of the University of Mexico and Mexico in Culture, News supplement , and was editor of Culture in Mexico , supplement Siempre !. He led the University Student Library collection published by the UNAM , which includes literary works from the pre-Hispanic past to contemporary Mexico . He specializes in Mexican literature of the nineteenth century as well as deep knowledge of the work of Jorge Luis Borges , in whose honor gave a series of lectures in 1999. He was researcher at the Center for Historical Studies of the National Institute of Anthropology and History ( INAH ) from decades and has been a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico , at the University of Maryland ( College Park ) , at the University of Essex and some other US , Canada and UK. Among other awards received the Cervantes (2009 ) Award ; Reina Sofia Latin American Poetry Prize (2009 ) ; José Donoso (2001 ) ; Octavio Paz (2003 ) ; Pablo Neruda (2004 ) ; Ramon Lopez Velarde (2003 ) ; Alfonso Reyes International Prize (2004 )
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