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Fernando del Paso Morante

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Fernando del Paso Morante

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1935-04-01 （Mexico City, Mexico）
Died
2018-11-14 （Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico） age 83
Nationality
Mexico
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Mexico City (birth) → London (lived 14 years) → Paris / France (residence) → Guadalajara (later life)

Career

Occupations
novelist, poet, essayist, radio journalist, diplomat (briefly)
Active Years
1958-2018
Affiliations
El Colegio Nacional (Mexico)
Memberships
El Colegio Nacional
Influenced By
Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, William Faulkner, Virginia Woolf, Erskine Caldwell, Thomas Wolfe

Education

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Faculty of Economics (attended) / Department of Economics
Period: 約2年間（学部在籍）
Country: Mexico
Studied economics for two years; no record of degree completion

Awards

Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1966
Work: José Trigo
Organization: Xavier Villaurrutia Award committee
Result: 受賞
Rómulo Gallegos Prize
1982
Work: Palinuro de México (noted work)
Organization: Rómulo Gallegos Foundation
Result: 受賞
FIL Literature Prize (Guadalajara International Book Fair)
2007
Organization: Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL)
Result: 受賞
Alfonso Reyes International Prize
2013
Organization: Alfonso Reyes prize committee
Result: 受賞
Miguel de Cervantes Prize
2015
Organization: Spanish authorities (Cervantes Prize committee)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sonetos del amor y de lo diario

1958 poetry

An early poetry collection exploring daily life and love.

lovedaily life

José Trigo

1966 novel

An early novel by del Paso that portrays conflicts between community and the individual.

societyindividual

Palinuro of Mexico

1976 novel

An experimental novel blending Mexican history with personal narrative, notable for its polyphonic narration.

historyidentitynarration
Translations
  • Palinuro of Mexico (English translation)

News from the Empire

1986 novel (historiographic novel)

An encyclopedic, historiographic novel about Maximilian and Carlota and the French intervention in Mexico, notable for presenting multiple possible versions of events rather than a single 'truth'.

reconstruction of historypowermemory
Translations
  • News from the Empire (English translation, 2009)

Linda 67: Historia de un crimen

1995 novel

A novel that questions society through a story centered on a crime.

crimesocial critique

Bibliography

  • Sonetos del amor y de lo diario (1958)
  • José Trigo (1966)
  • Palinuro of Mexico (1976)
  • News from the Empire (1986)
  • Douceur & passion cuisine mexicaine (1991)
  • Linda 67: Historia de un crimen (1995)

Translations of Works

  • Palinuro of Mexico (English translation, 1989)
  • News from the Empire (English translation, 2009)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental, polyphonic narrationencyclopedic and chronological techniqueslong, stylistically elaborate prose
Recurring Motifs
intersection of history and narrativememory and identitypower and fate

Legacy

One of Mexico's leading writers with international recognition. He received major prizes including the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2015), and has been honored by institutions such as the Universidad de Guadalajara which named a library after him.

Museums

  • Fernando del Paso Library and Media Center (Biblioteca Fernando del Paso) Ocotlán, Jalisco (Universidad de Guadalajara) Opened in 2007

Academic Societies

  • El Colegio Nacional

Archives

  • Archives and collections held by the University of Guadalajara and affiliated libraries

Trivia

  • Studied economics for two years at UNAM.
  • Worked for the BBC and Radio France as a radio journalist.
  • Lived in London for 14 years.
  • Briefly served as a Mexican consul general.
  • The University of Guadalajara named a library after him in 2007.
  • Won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2015.