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Sergio Pitol Deméneghi (18 March 1933 – 12 April 2018) was a Mexican writer, translator and diplomat. In 2005, he received the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.[1]

Sergio Pitol
Born(1933-03-18)18 March 1933
Puebla, Mexico
Died12 April 2018(2018-04-12) (aged 85)
Xalapa, Mexico
OccupationWriter, translator and diplomat

Early life


Born in Puebla, Mexico, Pitol spent his childhood in Ingenio de Potrero, a provincial town in the state of Veracruz. His mother died when he was four years old and soon after Pitol contracted malaria, which left him bedridden until about the age of 12.[2] He was raised by his grandmother. As a teenager, Pitol moved to Córdoba, Veracruz.


Education and diplomatic work


In 1950, Pitol moved to Mexico City to study law and literature at the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM). In 1960, he became a member of the Mexican Foreign Service and served over a number of years as cultural attaché in Rome, Belgrade, Warsaw, Paris, Beijing, Moscow, Prague, Budapest and Barcelona. In the 1980s, he served as ambassador to Czechoslovakia.[3]


Later years


Since 1993, he lived in Xalapa, capital of the state of Veracruz, where he taught at the Universidad Veracruzana. His final years were spent in poor health and he had struggled in particular with progressive aphasia, which prevented him from writing or talking. He died in Xalapa on 12 April 2018, aged 85.[4]


Writing career


Pitol's publications as translator include literary works by such authors as Jerzy Andrzejewski, Jane Austen, Giorgio Bassani, Kazimierz Brandys, Anton Chekhov, Joseph Conrad, Witold Gombrowicz, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. He also served as a professor at the UNAM, at the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, and at the University of Bristol in England.


Awards


In 2005, Pitol received the Cervantes Prize. Other major awards include the Premio Juan Rulfo (1999), Premio Herralde de Novela (1984) for El desfile del amor, and the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia (1981) for his short story, Nocturno de bujara from the collection of the same title.


Selected works



Novels



Essay-memoirs



Short-story collections



Further reading



References


  1. "Muere el escritor Sergio Pitol a los 85 años de edad". marca.com. Marca. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. "Discurso Sergio Pitol, Premio Cervantes 2005 - RTVE.es". RTVE.es (in European Spanish). 24 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. "Sergio Pitol Papers (C1283) -- Sergio Pitol Papers". findingaids.princeton.edu. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. Villegas, Paulina (19 April 2018). "Sergio Pitol, Inventive and Honored Mexican Author, Dies at 85". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 April 2018.


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[de] Sergio Pitol

Sergio Pitol Demeneghi (* 18. März 1933 in Puebla; † 12. April 2018 in Xalapa, Mexiko[1]) war ein mexikanischer Literaturwissenschaftler, Schriftsteller, Übersetzer und Diplomat.
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[fr] Sergio Pitol

Sergio Pitol Deméneghi, né le 18 mars 1933 à Puebla (État de Puebla) et mort le 12 avril 2018 à Xalapa (État de Veracruz)[1], est un écrivain mexicain.

[ru] Питоль, Серхио

Се́рхио Пито́ль Деме́неги (исп. Sergio Pitol Deméneghi; 18 марта 1933, Пуэбла — 12 апреля 2018) — мексиканский писатель , переводчик, дипломат.


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