Americo Paredes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Americo Paredes

American writer

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1915

Place of Birth: Brownsville, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 05-May-1999

Profession: journalist, children's writer, novelist, collector of fairy tales

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Américo Paredes (September 3, 1915 – May 5, 1999) was a Mexican-American author born in Brownsville, Texas who authored several text focusing on the border life that existed between the United States and Mexico, particularly around the Rio Grande region of South Texas.
His family on his father’s side, however, had been in the Americas since 1580.
His ancestors were sefarditas, or Spanish Jews who had been converted to Christianity, and in 1749 - along with Escandon - they settled in the lower Rio Grande.
The year of Paredes’ birth was the year of the last Texas Mexican Uprising, which was to portend the life Paredes was to lead.
Throughout his long career as a journalist, folklorist and professor, Paredes was to bring focus to his Mexican American heritage, and the beauty of those traditions.