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Paco Ignacio Taibo II

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1206832

IMDb ID: nm0846745

Known for: Acting

Born: November 1, 1949

Age: 76

Place of birth: Gijón, Asturias, Spain

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1982 - 2022

Years active: 41

Average TMDB rating: 7.35

Wikidata: Q595917

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Biography

Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo (b. January 11, 1949), better known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT, is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City. He is most widely known as the founder of the neopolicial genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community. His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes. In 2018, Taibo was appointed as head of the Fondo de Cultura Económica by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.