Juan Rulfo, born Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Perez Rulfo Vizcaino, was a Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer, born in 1917 and died in 1986. Despite a relatively small literary output, he is best known for two works, the 1955 novel Pedro Paramo and the 1953 short story collection El Llano en Llamas (The Burning Plain), both regarded among the most important works of twentieth century Mexican fiction. Pedro Paramo, in which a man searching for his father finds a town populated by the voices of the dead, is widely credited with helping originate the technique later called magical realism, and Rulfo is considered one of the greatest Mexican and Latin American writers of the century, with Gabriel Garcia Marquez crediting Pedro Paramo as an influence on One Hundred Years of Solitude.
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AwardNational Prize for Arts and Sciences, 1970. 1 AwardPrincess of Asturias Literary Prize, 1983. 1 AwardXavier Villaurrutia Award, 1955. 1 Classification
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Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo] ; 16 May 1917-7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer.
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Juan Rulfo, born Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Perez Rulfo Vizcaino, was a Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer, born in 1917 and died in 1986.
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Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo] ; 16 May 1917-7 January 1986), 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 (The Burning Plain, 1953).
Award: Xavier Villaurrutia Award
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo] ; 16 May 1917-7 January 1986), 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 (The Burning Plain, 1953).
Award: National Prize for Arts and Sciences
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo] ; 16 May 1917-7 January 1986), 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 (The Burning Plain, 1953).
Award: Alfaguara Prize
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo] ; 16 May 1917-7 January 1986), 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 (The Burning Plain, 1953).
Award: Princess of Asturias Literary Prize
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo] ; 16 May 1917-7 January 1986), 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 (The Burning Plain, 1953).
Award: Guggenheim Fellowship
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo] ; 16 May 1917-7 January 1986), 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 (The Burning Plain, 1953).
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He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel Pedro Páramo, and the collection of short stories El Llano en llamas (The Burning Plain, 1953).
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