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Alí Chumacero

アリ・チュマチェロ

Arī Chumachero

Aliases: Alí Chumacero Lora

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918-07-09 (Acaponeta, Nayarit, Mexico)
Died
2010-10-22 (Mexico City, Mexico) age 92
Nationality
Mexican
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Acaponeta, Nayarit → Guadalajara, Jalisco → Mexico City

Career

Occupations
poet, translator, literary critic, editor
Active Years
1940-2010
Affiliations
Mexican Academy of Language, Fondo de Cultura Económica
Memberships
Mexican Academy of Language (joined 1964)

Education

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
Period: 1937頃-
Country: Mexico
Delayed enrollment due to high school course failures; founded Tierra Nueva magazine while studying
El Colegio de México
Period: 1952-1953
Country: Mexico
Scholarship from Colegio de México and Mexican Center of Writers

Awards

Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1984
Result: 受賞
Alfonso Reyes International Prize
1986
Result: 受賞
National Prize for Arts and Sciences
1987
Category: 言語文学
Organization: National Council for Culture and Arts
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Páramo de sueños

1944 poetry

Poetry collection themed around desert of dreams.

Imágenes desterradas

1948 poetry

Poetry collection on exiled images.

Palabras en reposo

1956 poetry

Poetry collection on words in rest.

Los momentos críticos

criticism

Work on critical moments.

Bibliography

  • Páramo de sueños
  • Imágenes desterradas
  • Palabras en reposo
  • Los momentos críticos

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Style balancing spontaneity of modern literature with academic rigor

Health

  • pneumonia
    2010年
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Prominent Mexican poet, translator, literary critic, and editor. Member of the Mexican Academy of Language, recipient of major literary awards, with a people's theater named after him in Tepic, Nayarit.

In Popular Culture

  • Ali Chumacero People's Theater inaugurated in 1987 in Tepic, the most important cultural venue in Nayarit.

Trivia

  • Married Lourdes Gómez Luna in 1949 and had five children.
  • Founded Tierra Nueva magazine in 1940 with Jorge González Durán, Leopoldo Zea, and José Luis Martínez (circulated until 1942).
  • Homenaje at Palacio de Bellas Artes in 2008 for his 90th birthday.