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Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈrulfo] About this sound audio ; 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.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 16, 1917
Birth place	Sayula , Sayula Jalisco , Mexico , Jalisco
Nationality	Mexico
Date of death	January 07, 1986
Place of death	Mexico City , Mexico

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