Germán Dehesa

Germán Dehesa (July 1, 1944 – September 2, 2010) was a Mexican journalist, academic and writer.

Dehesa was born in Mexico City on July 1, 1944. He studied both Hispanic literature and chemical engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Dehesa wrote six plays and eleven books during his career. His works included Fallaste, Corazon! (You Failed, Heart!), Los PRIsidentes and Las Nuevas Aventuras de El Principito (The New Adventures of The Little Prince). He taught as a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico for 25 years. In May 2008, Dehesa was awarded the Don Quixote Prize by the government of Castile-La Mancha in Spain for his article Ah, Que Tiempos! (Ah, What Times!).

Dehesa died at his home in Mexico City on September 2, 2010, at the age of 66. He had published his last newspaper column, Gaceta del Angel (Angel's Gazette), in the Reforma newspaper days before his death.

Written works

Cuaderno de apuntes

La música de los años

Adiós a las trampas

La familia

¡Qué modos!: usos y costumbres tenochcas

¿Cómo nos arreglamos? Prontuario de la corrupción de México

Las nuevas aventuras de El Principito

No basta ser padre

Viajero que vas

Cuestión de amores

Adiós a las trampas 2

Los PRIsidentes

Fallaste corazón

Cuestión de amor

Theatrical works

Tapadeus

El gabinete de Belem

Borges con música

Fallaste corazón

Neruda, no cabe duda

Zedilleus

Las Arcas Perdidas

El pórtico de las palomas

Pacto con botas

Monjas coronadas

Cartas a Santa Fox

Cuando tenga 64 años

Cancionero Mexicano Verde, Blanco y Rojo

References

1944 births

2010 deaths

Mexican journalists

Mexican male journalists

Mexican columnists

Mexican dramatists and playwrights

Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico

National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni

20th-century Mexican dramatists and playwrights

Male dramatists and playwrights

20th-century Mexican male writers