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Eduardo Lizalde

エドゥアルド・リサルデ

Eduardo Lizalde

Aliases: El Tigre

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-07-14 (Mexico City)
Died
2022-05-25 age 92
Nationality
Mexican
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Mexico City

Career

Occupations
poet, academic, administrator
Active Years
1948-2022
Affiliations
Casa del Lago, José Vasconcelos Library, Secretariat of Public Education
Memberships
Communist Party of Mexico (expelled), Liga Leninista Espártaco, Poeticísmo
Influenced By
Emilio Salgari, Rudyard Kipling

Education

National Autonomous University of Mexico
Faculty of Literature / Literature
Country: Mexico
Studied literature
National Conservatory of Music
Period: 夜間クラス
Country: Mexico
Attended night classes

Awards

Xavier Villaurrutia Prize
1970
Result: 受賞
Premio Nacional de Lingüística y Literatura
1988
Result: 受賞
Premio Iberoamericano Ramón López Velarde
2002
Result: 受賞
Elected to Academia Mexicana de la Lengua
2007
Organization: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua
Result: 選出
Alfonso Reyes International Prize
2011
Result: 受賞
Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language
2016
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Mala Hora

1956 Poetry

First full book of poems

poetry

La Zorra Enferma

1974 Poetry
tiger

Caza Mayor

1979 Poetry

Autobiografía de un Fracaso. El Poeticísmo

1981 Criticism

Criticizes the Poeticísmo movement

Memoria del Tigre

1983 Poetry
tiger

¡Tigre, Tigre!

1985 Poetry
tiger

Tabernarios y Eróticos

1988 Poetry

Style & Themes

Literary Style
originality, clarity, and complexity
Recurring Motifs
tigerdeathdestructionbeauty

Legacy

Known as a prominent Mexican poet, famous for works featuring tiger motifs.

Quotes

  • The tiger has been a fascinating figure from Biblical times until now, and I don't believe there has ever been a writer who has never made a reference to tigers. The tiger is an image of death, destruction and, also, of beauty...
    Source: Interview
  • no sirve para nada (it's useless)
    Source: About his own work

Trivia

  • Known as "El Tigre".
  • Fond of Salgari and Kipling stories in childhood.