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| Born | Fernando del Paso Morante (1935-04-01)April 1, 1935 |
| Died | November 14, 2018(2018-11-14) (aged 83) Guadalajara (Jalisco), Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Notable awards | Premio Miguel de Cervantes (2015) |
Fernando del Paso Moranteaudioⓘ (April 1, 1935 – November 14, 2018)[1][2] was a Mexican novelist, essayist, and poet.
Del Paso was born inMexico City and studied economics for two years at theNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He then lived inLondon for 14 years, where he worked for theBritish Broadcasting Corporation, and in France, where he worked forRadio France Internationale and briefly served as Consul General of Mexico.
He has been a member ofEl Colegio Nacional de México since 1996 and won several international awards, including thePremio Miguel de Cervantes (2015),Alfonso Reyes International Prize (2013),[3] theFIL Literature Prize (2007)Guadalajara International Book Fair), theRómulo Gallegos Prize (1982), the Best Novel Published in France Award (1985) forPalinurus of Mexico, theXavier Villaurrutia Award (1966) and theMexico Novel Award (1976).
Noticias del Imperio (1986) is an important contribution to the Latin American new historical novel. The novel, based upon the lives ofMaximilian andCarlota and the French Intervention in Mexico, is called by the author a "historiographic" novel. This encyclopedic novel is remarkable in that, instead of trying to discover the "truth" about "what really happened," the author presents several possible versions of important and controversial events.[citation needed]
Del Paso claimed influence from various authors, includingJoseph Conrad,James Joyce,William Faulkner,Virginia Woolf,Erskine Caldwell, andThomas Wolfe.[4]
On May 14, 2007, theUniversidad de Guadalajara paid homage to Fernando del Paso by naming the library and media center inOcotlán, Jalisco, the "Biblioteca Fernando del Paso". This library is the largest in the western region of Mexico, with a collection of 120,000 volumes and a capacity for 800 simultaneous users.
