What is Sergio Pitol?
'''Sergio Pitol Deméneghi''' (18 March 1933 – 12 April 2018) was a Mexican writer, translator and diplomat. In 2005 he received the [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize|Cervantes Prize]]. He was born in [[Puebla]], Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Discurso Sergio Pitol, Premio Cervantes 2005 - RTVE.es|url = http://www.rtve.es/rtve/20141024/discurso-sergio-pitol-premio-cervantes-2005/1035104.shtml|website = RTVE.es|access-date = 2015-11-13|language = es-ES}}</ref> In the 1980s, he served as [[Ambassador]] to [[Czechoslovakia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sergio Pitol Papers (C1283) -- Sergio Pitol Papers|url = http://findingaids.princeton.edu/collections/C1283|website = findingaids.princeton.edu|access-date = 2015-11-13}}</ref> He also served as a professor at the UNAM, at the [[Universidad Veracruzana]] in Xalapa, and at the [[University of Bristol]] in England. Pitol died of complications from a [[stroke]] on 12 April 2018 in [[Xalapa]], Mexico at the age of 85.<ref>[https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/04/12/actualidad/1523547276_981640.html Muere el escritor mexicano Sergio Pitol a los 85 años] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2005/12/01/cervantes-pitol-051201.html CBC: Mexico's Sergio Pitol wins Cervantes lit prize] *{{in lang|es}} [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/misc/newsid_4490000/4490040.stm BBC Mundo: Cervantes para Sergio Pitol] *{{in lang|es}} [http://www.academia.org.mx/Academicos/AcaSemblanza/Pitol.htm Academia Mexicana de la Lengua] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823092729/http://www.academia.org.mx/Academicos/AcaSemblanza/Pitol.htm |date=2006-08-23 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitol, Sergio}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:Mexican writers]] [[Category:Mexican politicians]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Mexico]] [[Category:People from Puebla (state)]] [[Category:Miguel de Cervantes Prize winners]]