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    Paco Ignacio Taibo II

    1949-11-01 (74 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.

    Movies

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    Patria
    70 %|Jan 18, 2019
    Documentary, History, War
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    The Traces of Dr. Ernesto Guevara
    46 %|Aug 2, 2013
    Documentary
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    The Alamo
    0 %|Mar 7, 2012
    Documentary, History
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    ¿Dónde están?
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    El Che
    58 %|Sep 1, 2017
    Documentary, History
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    Ernesto Guevara, also known as "Che"
    80 %|Oct 8, 2015
    Documentary, History
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    Before We Are Forgotten
    50 %|Dec 8, 2013
    Documentary
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    ¿Adiós a la Izquierda?
    0 %|Jun 6, 2008
    Documentary

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    Léemelo
    0 %|Aug 29, 2022
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    The 43
    68 %|Feb 15, 2019
    Documentary, War & Politics