Ricardo Garibay
An image from La Cucaracha, one of the productions that also features Ricardo Garibay.
Ricardo Garibay

Ricardo Garibay

January 18, 1923 — Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico

Ricardo Garibay (January 18, 1923 – May 3, 1999) was a Mexican writer and journalist.

He studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he was also a professor of literature. He also served as the chief of press for the Secretariat of Public Education and hosted the television program "Kaleidoscope" on the Imevisión Channel 13 network, Imevisión. He was president of the College of Sciences and Arts of Hidalgo in Pachuca.

His work appeared in the Magazine of the University of Mexico, Proceso (which he co-founded), Novedades and Excélsior. He was a fellow of the Mexican Center of Writers from 1952 to 1953, and joined the National System of Artistic Creators of Mexico (SNCA) as creator emeritus upon its foundation in 1994.

The Important Man

The Important Man

1961

Chicogrande

Chicogrande

2010

The Paper Man

The Paper Man

1963

My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero

1961

La vida de Agustín Lara

La vida de Agustín Lara

1959

El mil usos

El mil usos

1981

La Cucaracha

La Cucaracha

1959

Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata

1970