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Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Birthday: 1949-11-01 | Place of Birth: Gijón, Asturias, Spain

Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo (b. January 11, 1949), better known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT, is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City. He is most widely known as the founder of the neopolicial genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community. His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes. In 2018, Taibo was appointed as head of the Fondo de Cultura Económica by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Fuimos revolución. 10 de junio de 1971

as    Paco Ignacio Taibo II

2019
The 43

as    Himself

2017
El Che

as    Self