2024-01-16 19:06:00
The writer Joseph Augustinecentral figure of the Mexican counterculture, irreverent and music lover, died after a long illness, This was reported by his son José Agustín Ramírez.
It was with an image accompanied by an extensive text that the last goodbye was said to one of the most important figures in Mexican literature.
“It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of José Agustín: husband, father, brother, grandfather and writer devoted to literature and music., as well as its readers of any age. Who was a prolific writer, author of novels, short stories, plays and film scripts. Warrior at heart, inveterate self-taught, lover of food and pleasures; Jungian, student of the I Ching, amateur of astrology and promoter of all forms of counterculture. “He left peacefully, surrounded by his loving family,” the post read.
The afternoon of last Tuesday, January 2, the son of the Mexican writer José Agustín, shared that there was received the extreme unction by a priest friend.
Through the Facebook account of his son, José Agustín Ramírez, it was reported that the famous writer had been visited by a priest to perform extreme unction, a sacrament that consists of the anointing with sacred oil made by the priest to the faithful.
Who was José Agustín?
José Agustín was born in Acapulco. He was a member of the literary workshop of Juan José Arreola, who published his first novel, La tumba, in 1964. He has been a fellow at the Mexican Center of Writers and the Fulbright and Guggenheim foundations.
José Agustín (Notimex).
Agustín was an all-round writer, he wrote novels, plays, scripts and journalistic chronicles. He also published essays and historical chronicles, highlighting the three volumes of Mexican Tragicomedia (1990, 1992, 1998).
What was José Agustín’s accident like?
It was in 2009 when the writer was offering an autograph signing during the inauguration of the in Edit musical documentary film festival, held by the Puebla City Council. when suffered a spectacular fall from a platform. At that time, he was reported as stable by neurosurgeon Alberto Segovia Philip.
However, it was also reported that He had suffered fractures in six ribs, one more in the thorax, a small one in the skull and a last wound in the left ear
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