Germán Dehesa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Germán Dehesa

Mexican writer

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1944

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Death: 02-Sep-2010

Profession: writer, university teacher, journalist

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Germán Dehesa (July 1, 1944 – September 2, 2010) was a Mexican journalist, academic and writer. Dehesa was born in Mexico City on July 1, 1944.
He studied both Hispanic literature and chemical engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.Dehesa wrote six plays and eleven books during his career.
His works included Fallaste, Corazon! (You Failed, Heart!), Los PRIsidentes and Las Nuevas Aventuras de El Principito (The New Adventures of The Little Prince).
He taught as a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico for 25 years.
In May 2008, Dehesa was awarded the Don Quixote Prize by the government of Castile-La Mancha in Spain for his article Ah, Que Tiempos! (Ah, What Times!).Dehesa died at his home in Mexico City on September 2, 2010, at the age of 66.
He had published his last newspaper column, Gaceta del Angel (Angel's Gazette), in the Reforma newspaper days before his death.