Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican writer
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Place of Birth: Guanajuato, Mexico
About Jorge Ibargüengoitia
- Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón (born January 22, 1928 in Guanajuato, Mexico; died November 27, 1983 in Mejorada del Campo, Madrid, Spain) was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular and critical success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: Las Muertas (The Dead Girls), Dos Crímenes (Two Crimes), and Los Relámpagos de Agosto (The Lightning of August).
- His plays include Susana y los Jóvenes and Ante varias esfinges, both dating from the 1950s.
- In 1955, Ibarguengoitia received a Rockefeller grant to study in New York City; five years later he received the Mexico City literary award.
- He died in Avianca Flight 011 on route Frankfurt via Paris, Madrid, and Caracas to Bogotá that crashed on November 27, 1983.
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