Sergio_Pitol Sergio Pitol Demeneghi (b. 18 March 1933 in Puebla) is a prominent Mexican writer and diplomat. In 2005 he received the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.Pitol studied law and literature and served in the Mexican foreign service at Rome, Belgrade, Warsaw, Paris, Beijing, Moscow, Budapest and Barcelona. He started publishing novels and poetry in the late 1960s.