Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Cornelia Gräbner (Lancaster University)

Ed. by Ben Bollig, University of Oxford
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 4.1.3: Hispanic Writing and Culture of Central America and the Caribbean.
Vol. editors: Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Ceire Broderick (University College Cork), Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork), Anna Forné (Gothenburg University), Cara Levey (University College Cork), Lori Oxford (Western Carolina University), Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Dates

Born 11 Jan 1949
Activity 1976-ongoing

Places

Born in Spain
Active in Mexico

Genres and Modes

Crime and Detective

Activities

Primary

Novelist

Other

Biographer
Historian / Chronicler
Journalist
Revolutionary, Activist

Resources

Paco Ignacio Taibo II – also known as PIT II – was born in Gijón, Spain. With over 45 books published by 2010, he is one of Mexico’s most prolific contemporary writers. He is the son of María del Carmen Mahojo and the writer, journalist and film critic Paco Ignacio Taibo I. In 1958 the family emigrated from Spain to Mexico in order to escape Franco’s regime. From an early age Taibo combined his two passions, writing and political activism. He started writing fictional stories in his childhood, and as a teenager he wrote short journalistic pieces. He participated in political and social organizations from the age of 15. When he was 19 and a student of Political Science, he participated in the student movement of 1968. After …

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Citation: Gräbner, Cornelia. "Paco Ignacio Taibo II". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 April 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12776, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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