Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1955) Winner
Juan Rulfo
フアン・ルルフォ
Juan Rulfo
Aliases:
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1917-05-16 （Apulco, Jalisco）
- Died
- 1986-01-07 （Mexico City） age 68
- Nationality
- Mexican
- Languages
- Spanish
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- Guadalajara, Jalisco → Mexico City
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Screenwriter, Photographer
- Active Years
- 1944-1986
- Affiliations
- Centro Mexicano de Escritores
- Influenced By
- William Faulkner
- Influenced
- Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Silva School | — | Elementary School | 簿記士 | 1928-1932 | Mexico |
Luis Silva School
Elementary School
Degree:
簿記士
Period:
1928-1932
Year of Graduation:
1932
Country:
Mexico
Completed six years of elementary and special seventh year as bookkeeper
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Prince of Asturias Award for Literature | — | — | Princess of Asturias Foundation | 受賞 |
Prince of Asturias Award for Literature
1983
Organization:
Princess of Asturias Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
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Edition 10 (1970) Winner
Princess of Asturias Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1983) Winner
Works
Major Works
El llano en llamas
1953 Short story collectionCollection of harshly realistic short stories centered on rural Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and Cristero War.
Mexican RevolutionCristero WarViolenceLand rights
Translations
- The Burning Plain
Bibliography
- El llano en llamas (1953)
- Pedro Páramo (1955)
- El gallo de oro (1980)
Translations of Works
- Pedro Páramo translated into more than 30 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Spare descriptive styleColloquial dialoguesHarsh landscapes as metaphors
- Recurring Motifs
- GhostsSolitudeRevengeSearch for the father
Health
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Lung cancer晩年Led to death in 1986
Legacy
One of the greatest Mexican and Latin American writers of the 20th century, influencing writers like Gabriel García Márquez.
Museums
- Juan Rulfo Cultural House Benito Juárez, Mexico
Archives
- Fundación Juan Rulfo
In Popular Culture
- Influenced García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude
Trivia
- Birth year disputed as 1917 or 1918
- Total published writing less than 300 pages
- Also known as a photographer