Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Known for ActingBorn 1949-11-01Gijón, 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.
Known for
The Alamo
2012 · as Self - Host
Before We Are Forgotten
2013
Patria
2019
¿Dónde están?
El Che
2017 · as Self
Ernesto Guevara, also known as "Che"
2015 · as Self
The Traces of Dr. Ernesto Guevara
2013 · as Himself
Between Cuba and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso
2016
¿Adiós a la Izquierda?
2008
Fuimos revolución. 10 de junio de 1971
2022 · as Paco Ignacio Taibo II