Famed Mexican Poet Jose Emilio Pacheco Dies at 74 Agence France-Presse
go to original January 27, 2014

Jose Emilio Pacheco addresses the media after receiving the Cervantes Prize in Alcala de Henares, Spain. (Arturo Rodriguez, AP)

Award-winning Mexican poet Jose Emilio Pacheco has died, officials said Sunday. He was 74.

"We regret the passing of Jose Emilio Pacheco. Our sympathies to his family and friends," Mexico's National Culture and Arts Council said on Twitter.

President Enrique Pena Nieto also paid tribute.

"A great representative of our (Spanish-language) literature has passed away. Mexico will miss the great writer Jose Emilio Pacheco. May he rest in peace," the president tweeted.

Pacheco, born in Mexico City, was humble despite his fame, rejecting until the last moment the title of greatest living Mexican poet.

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