Juan Rulfo
Author
1917 – 1986
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Who was Juan Rulfo?
Juan Rulfo was a Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer. One of Latin America's most esteemed authors, Rulfo's reputation rests on two slim books, the novel Pedro Páramo, and El Llano en llamas, a collection of short stories. Fifteen of these seventeen short stories have been translated into English and published as The Burning Plain and Other Stories. This collection, includes his admired tale "¡Diles que no me maten!".
The Fundación Juan Rulfo, formed by the author's family after his death, holds more than 6,000 negatives of his photographs.
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- Born
- May 16, 1917
Sayula, Jalisco - Also known as
- Juan Pérez Rulfo
- Juan Carlos Rulfo Aparicio
- Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno
- Rulfo Juan
- Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Vizcaíno Rulfo
- Spouses
- Clara Aparicio de Rulfo
(1948/04/24 - 1986/01/07)
- Clara Aparicio de Rulfo
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Mexicans
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Profession
- Education
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
Literature
(1936 - )
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Lived in
- Jalisco
- Mexico City
(1933 - 1986/01/07)
- Died
- Jan 7, 1986
Mexico City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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