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Juan Rulfo
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 ha…
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culture · Mexican writer (1917–1986) · writer · screenwriter · photographer · novelist · singer · also Juan Rulfo, Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, Juan Rulfo Vizcaino, Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Perez Rulfo Vizcaino, Juan Rulfo Vizcaíno, J. Rulfo
Born 16 May 1917 · Died 7 January 1986 · Q200661
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2026· 8 entries
El Heraldo de Saltillo: En Saltillo, homenajean a Juan Rulfo con exposición
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Periódico Zócalo: Tú, Juan Rulfo, que estás allá arriba, ¿no oyes ladrar a los cuadros?; inspira el escritor pinturas
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Vida Universitaria: Inauguran exposición fotográfica de Juan Rulfo
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MILENIO: Juan Rulfo: la mirada que convirtió instantes en memoria llega a Monterrey con exposición
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El Norte: Llega mirada fotográfica de Juan Rulfo
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Vida Universitaria: La otra mirada de Juan Rulfo
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El Porvenir - Portada: Llegará exposición fotográfica de Juan Rulfo a Colegio Civil - El Porvenir
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2024· 4 entries
Moviefone: One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo (2024) - Where to Watch
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Christian Science Monitor: Juan Rulfo helped invent magical realism. His ‘Pedro Páramo’ is now on Netflix.
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San Diego Union-Tribune: Opinión: Los autores Juan Rulfo y Don Luis Leal viven en mis celebraciones del Día de Muertos. He aquí por qué.
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San Diego Union-Tribune: Opinion: Authors Juan Rulfo and Don Luis Leal live in my Día de los Muertos celebrations. Here’s why.
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2022· 1 entry
Publishers Weekly: Books by Juan Rulfo and Complete Book Reviews
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2017· 1 entry
BBC: Juan Rulfo: The great Latin writer you may want to know about
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2006· 1 entry
The Digital Universe: “Photographing Silence: Juan Rulfo’s Mexico” to be displayed at BYU Museum of Art
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1986· 2 entries
Died 1986-01-07.
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Worked as an editor for the National Institute for Indigenous People
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Princess of Asturias Literary Prize (1983).
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1970· 1 entry
Awarded National Prize for Arts and Sciences (1970).
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1961· 1 entry
That opened the way to the composition of his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude
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1955· 1 entry
Awarded Xavier Villaurrutia Award (1955).
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1952· 1 entry
For asking for a radio for his company car
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1947· 1 entry
To his fiancée Clara Aparicio, he refers to the novel he was writing as Una estrella junto a la luna (A Star Next to the Moon), saying that it was causing him some trouble
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1946· 1 entry
Started as a foreman for Goodrich-Euzkadi, but his mild temperament led him to prefer working as a wholesale traveling sales agent
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1944· 1 entry
Rulfo co-founded the literary journal Pan
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1936· 1 entry
Rulfo was able to audit courses in literature at the university, because he obtained a job as an immigration file clerk through his uncle
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1923· 1 entry
And his mother died in 1927, Rulfo's grandmother raised him in Guadalajara, Jalisco
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1917· 2 entries
Born 1917-05-16.
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In Apulco, Jalisco (disputed as being in San Gabriel, Jalisco), although he was registered at Sayula, in the home of his paternal grandfather
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