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Juan Rulfo

Mexican writer (1917-1986) · Mexico · Writers · Died at 68

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Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo, was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel Pedro Páramo, and the collection of short stories El Llano en llamas.

A life in dates

1986Died7 January 19861983Princess of Asturias Literary PrizeAward1970National Prize for Arts and SciencesAward1955Xavier Villaurrutia AwardAward1917Born16 May 1917

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Awards

Princess of Asturias Literary Prize1983
National Prize for Arts and Sciences1970
Xavier Villaurrutia Award1955
Alfaguara Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship

In their orbit

Spouse: Clara Aparicio de Rulfo

About this person

Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo, was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel Pedro Páramo, and the collection of short stories El Llano en llamas. In spite of Rulfo's slim literary production, he is considered one of the greatest Mexican and Latin American writers of the twentieth century who has influenced many subsequent writers including the Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez.

Country
Mexico
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1986 · aged 68

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