José María Pérez Gay (February 15, 1944 – May 26, 2013) was a Mexican academic, writer, translator and diplomat. Some of his best known writings include "El imperio perdido," "La profecia de la memoria: ensayos alemanes" and "El principe y sus guerrilleros." He also founded Channel 22 (XEIMT-TV) and served as the television station's director. He later became an adviser to former presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Perez Gay was born in 1944 in Mexico City.[1] He received a degree in information science at Universidad Iberoamericana and a doctorate from Free University of Berlin in German literature.[1]
Perez Gay served as the Ambassador of Mexico to Portugal from 2001 to 2003.[1] He had previously served as a cultural attache to Germany, Austria and France.
In 1996, Perez Gay received the National Journalism Prize for Cultural Reporting.[1] He was also the recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Austria Cross of Honour for Science and Art.[1]
José María Pérez Gay died in Mexico City at 2:05 a.m. on May 26, 2013, at the age of 69.