Juan Rulfo

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Juan Rulfo was a Mexican writer and photographer whose sparse yet powerful works, especially the novel "Pedro Páramo" and the story collection "El Llano en llamas," profoundly influenced 20th-century Latin American literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican writer
human
photographer
awardReceived Premio Nacional de Letras de México NERFINISHED
Premio Xavier Villaurrutia NERFINISHED
burialPlace Panteón Español, Mexico City NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath lung disease
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
dateOfBirth 1917-05-16
dateOfDeath 1986-01-07
employer Goodrich-Euzkadi NERFINISHED
Instituto Nacional Indigenista NERFINISHED
familyName Rulfo NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork literature
photography
fullName Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno NERFINISHED
genre fiction
magic realism
short story
givenName Juan NERFINISHED
hasSignatureWorkStatus Pedro Páramo is considered his masterpiece NERFINISHED
influenced Carlos Fuentes NERFINISHED
Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED
Latin American literature
Mario Vargas Llosa NERFINISHED
influentialIn 20th-century Latin American literature
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
movement Latin American Boom precursor
notableFor depiction of rural Mexico
sparse and powerful prose style
notableWork El Llano en llamas NERFINISHED
Pedro Páramo NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren 4
occupation novelist
photographer
screenwriter
short story writer
photographicSubject indigenous communities in Mexico
rural Mexican landscapes
placeOfBirth Apulco, Jalisco, Mexico NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Mexico City, Mexico NERFINISHED
publicationYearOfWork El Llano en llamas, 1953
Pedro Páramo, 1955 NERFINISHED
setWorkIn post-Revolutionary Mexico NERFINISHED
rural Jalisco
spouse Clara Aparicio NERFINISHED
wrote El Llano en llamas NERFINISHED
El gallo de oro NERFINISHED
Pedro Páramo NERFINISHED

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