Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Juan Rulfo
Born: May 16, 1917
Died: January 7, 1986 (aged 68)
Bio: Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo, was a Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, El Llano en llamas, a collection of short stories, and the 1955 novel Pedro Páramo.
Known for:
- Pedro Páramo (1955)
- El Llano en llamas (1953)
- The burning plain, and other stories (1967)
- Diles Que No Me Maten
- Juan Rulfo's Mexico