
Person
José Emilio Pacheco
Writing · 1939–2014 · Mexico City, Mexico
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.
Known for

Aqueronte
Original Concept
Battles
Novel
In the Hondo Park
Original Story

Lecumberri, the Dark Palace
Writer

El Extraño Experimento del Profesor Elizondo
Self

The Place Without Limits
Co-Writer

José Emilio Pacheco: me llamo Nadie
Self (archive footage)

Castle of Purity
Writer
August Afternoon
Original Story

Song of the Gringo
Orchestra Leader
Filmography
- 2025AqueronteOriginal Concept
- 2018BattlesNovel
- 2009José Emilio Pacheco: me llamo NadieSelf (archive footage)
- 2007El Extraño Experimento del Profesor ElizondoSelf
- 1987Mariana MarianaNovel
- 1981The pleasure principleStory
- 1978The Place Without LimitsCo-Writer
- 1977Lecumberri, the Dark PalaceWriter
- 1976The Passion of BereniceScreenplay
- 1976FoxtrotScreenplay
- 1974The Holy InquisitionWriter
- 1973The CubsWriter
- 1973Castle of PurityWriter
- 1972La otra mujerDialogue
- 1966Distant WindOriginal Story
- 1965In the Hondo ParkOriginal Story
- 1965August AfternoonOriginal Story
- 1936Song of the GringoOrchestra Leader
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