Pacheco was one of Mexico%27s foremost poets ... He was particularly noted for the 1981 novel "Las Batallas en el Desierto," or "Battles in the Desert," a story of boy's infatuation with the ...

Jose Emilio ... the 1981 novel “Battles in the Desert,” a story of a boy’s infatuation with the mother of one of his classmates. Born June 30, 1939, in Mexico City, Pacheco began publishing ...

MEXICO CITY — Jose Emilio Pacheco ... el Desierto,’’ or ‘‘Battles in the Desert,’’ a story of a boy’s infatuation with the mother of a classmate. Mr. Pacheco began publishing ...

MADRID The Mexican writer Jose Emilio Pacheco has won the Cervantes Prize ... 1981 novel Las Batallas en el Desierto, or Battles in the Desert, a story of boys infatuation with the mother of ...

MEXICO CITY — Jose Emilio Pacheco ... el Desierto,’’ or ‘‘Battles in the Desert,’’ a story of a boy’s infatuation with the mother of a classmate. Mr. Pacheco began publishing ...