Sergio Pitol

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Sergio Pitol Demeneghi (born 18 March 1933 in Puebla) is a prominent Mexican writer, translator and diplomat. In 2005 he received the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.

Pitol studied law and literature and served in the Mexican foreign service at Rome, Belgrade, Warsaw, Paris, Beijing, Moscow, Budapest and Barcelona. He started publishing novels in the late 1960s.

He's been an advocate of human rights in Mexico and a critic of political orientations that place the state above the human beings.

Some works by Sergio Pitol

  • Flower Games
  • The Love Parade
  • The Married Life
  • The Journey

Further reading

  • José Balza, Victoria de Stefano, Anamari Gomis, et alii. Sergio Pitol, los territorios del viajero. México, ERA, 2000.
  • Karim Benmiloud. Sergio Pitol ou le carnaval des vanités. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 2012.
  • Karim Benmiloud, Raphaël Estève (dir.). El planeta Pitol. Bordeaux, Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2012.
  • José Bru (comp.). Acercamientos a Sergio Pitol. Guadalajara, Universidad de Guadalajara, 1999.
  • Maricruz Castro Ricalde. Ficcion, narracion y polifonia : el universo narrativo de Sergio Pitol.
  • Laura Cazares Hernández. El caldero fáustico : la narrativa de Sergio Pitol. México, UAM, 2000.
  • Texto critico n° 21, Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana, abr.-jun. 1981.
  • Pedro M. Domene. Sergio Pitol: el sueño de lo real. Batarro (revista literaria) n° 38-39-40, 2002.
  • Luz Fernandez de Alba. Del tañido al arte de la fuga. Una lectura critica de Sergio Pitol. México, UNAM, 1998.
  • Teresa Garcia Diaz. Del Tajin a Venecia: un regreso a ninguna parte. Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana, 2002.
  • Teresa Garcia Diaz (coord.). Victorio Ferri se hizo mago en Viena (sobre Sergio Pitol). Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana, 2007.
  • Alfonso Montelongo. Vientos troqueles : la narrativa de Sergio Pitol. Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana, 1998.
  • Renato Prada Oropeza. La narrativa de Sergio Pitol : los cuentos. Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana, 1996.
  • Eduardo Serrato (comp.). Tiempo cerrado, tiempo abierto. Sergio Pitol ante la critica. México, ERA - UNAM, 1994.
  • Hugo Valdés Manriquez. El laberinto cuentistico de Sergio Pitol. Monterrey, Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo Leon, 1998.

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