José Emilio Pacheco

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