Sergio Pitol

Sergio Pitol Deméneghi (18 March 1933 – 12 April 2018) was a Mexican writer, translator and diplomat. In 2005 he received the Cervantes Prize. He was born in Puebla, Mexico. In the 1980s, he served as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. He also served as a professor at the UNAM, at the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, and at the University of Bristol in England.

Pitol died of complications from a stroke on 12 April 2018 in Xalapa, Mexico at the age of 85.Muere el escritor mexicano Sergio Pitol a los 85 años 

References

Other websites
CBC: Mexico's Sergio Pitol wins Cervantes lit prize
 BBC Mundo:  Cervantes para Sergio Pitol 
 Academia Mexicana de la Lengua 

Category:1933 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Deaths from stroke
Category:Mexican writers
Category:Mexican politicians
Category:Ambassadors of Mexico
Category:People from Puebla (state)
Category:Miguel de Cervantes Prize winners