Paco Ignacio Taibo II
November 1, 1949 (75 years old) in 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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- 2022 · Léemelo as Self
- 2022 · Fuimos revolución. 10 de junio de 1971 as Paco Ignacio Taibo II
- 2021 · Fuimos Revolución. 10 de junio de 1971 as Paco Ignacio Taibo II
- 2019 · The 43 as Himself
- 2019 · Patria as
- 2017 · El Che as Self
- 2016 · Between Cuba and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso as
- 2015 · Ernesto Guevara, also known as "Che" as Self
- 2013 · Before We Are Forgotten as
- 2013 · The Traces of Dr. Ernesto Guevara as Himself
- 2012 · The Alamo as Self - Host
- Future · ¿Dónde están? as
- 2008 · ¿Adiós a la Izquierda? as