Mexican writer José Agustín, 79, who chronicled rock and society in the 1960s and 1970s, has died.
José Agustín dies at 79: Cause of death and obituary announcement
José Agustín was a writer who chronicled rock & roll and social change in Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s. The Mexican Culture Department announced his death on Tuesday. At seventy-nine years old.
Despite not providing a cause of death, the department stated that Agustín had been ill for years. The writer’s family revealed that he had passed away, but they did not disclose the reason.
One could consider Agustín a part of “La Onda,” also known as “The Wave,” a 1960s Mexican cultural movement. The downtrodden and destitute dissident youth of Mexico saw themselves represented in official literature for the first time.
Later on, between 1940 and 1994, Agustín penned “The Mexican Tragicomedy,” a biting indictment of Mexican politics and society.
“We were able to change the language, entirely change the concept of literature,” Agustín said in a few years ago interview with Mexico’s Canal 11, “with a totally new spirit and with a great sense of optimism, a sense of humor and irreverence, iconoclasm, and a critical attitude toward society.”
Regarding the funeral arrangements, there was no update at the moment.
José Agustín is a 1944-born Mexican novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and short story writer. He is recognized as one of Mexico’s most well-known and active writers of the second half of the 20th century.
