Juan Rulfo
This article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling. You can assist by editing it. (May 2014) This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rulfo and the second or maternal family name is Vizcaíno. Juan Rulfo Born Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno 16 May 1917 Apulco, Jalisco, Mexico Died 7 January 1986(1986-01-07) (aged 68) Mexico City, Mexico Occupation Writer, screenwriter, photographer Nationality Mexican Notable works El Llano en llamas, Pedro Páramo Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo]  audio (help·info); 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986 ) was a Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer. He is one of Latin America's esteemed authors and earned reputation on his books, Pedro Páramo (1955), and El Llano en llamas (1953),which are collections of short stories. Fifteen of these seventeen short stories have been translated into English and published as The Burning Plain and Other Stories. This collection includes the popular tale "¡Diles que no me maten!" ("Tell Them Not to Kill Me!"). The Juan Rulfo Foundation which was established by the Rulfo's family after his death holds more than 6,000 negatives of his photographs.