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Hugo Gutiérrez Vega

ウゴ・グティエレス・ベガ

Hugo Gutiérrez Vega

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1934-02-20 (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)
Died
2015-09-25 (Mexico City) age 81
Nationality
Mexico
Languages
Spanish, English, Italian
Residence History
Guadalajara → Querétaro City → Mexico City → Michigan → Rome → London → Madrid → Washington, D.C. → Rio de Janeiro → San Juan, Puerto Rico → Athens

Career

Occupations
poet, lawyer, writer, diplomat, academic, actor, translator
Active Years
1966-2015
Affiliations
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, La Jornada

Education

Autonomous University of Querétaro
Faculty of Law
Degree: 法学博士
Country: Mexico
A university in Michigan
English literature
Country: United States
University of Rome
Italian
Country: Italy
A university in London
Sociology
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
1966
Organization: Italian Republic
Result: 受賞
Premio Nacional de Poesía Aguascalientes
1975
Result: 受賞
Alfonso X Medal
1981
Organization: University of Salamanca
Result: 受賞
Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
1983
Result: 受賞
Premio de Letras de Jalisco
1994
Result: 受賞
Grand Cross of the Order of the Dolphin
1994
Result: 受賞
Premio Nacional de Periodismo
1999
Result: 受賞
Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía "Ramón López Velarde"
2001
Result: 受賞
Xavier Villaurrutia Award
2002
Category:
Result: 受賞
Gold Medal from the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura
Organization: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura
Result: 受賞
National Prize for Arts and Sciences in Linguistics and Literature
2013
Category: 言語学・文学
Organization: Secretariat of Public Education
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Las peregrinaciones del deseo. Poesía reunida 1966–1985

1987 Poetry

Collected poetry 1966-1985.

DesirePilgrimages
Translations
  • English, French, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian

Bibliography

  • Información y sociedad (1974)
  • Cuando el placer termine (1977)
  • Bazar de asombros
  • Cantos del despotado de Morea
  • Las peregrinaciones del deseo. Poesía reunida 1966–1985 (1987)
  • El erotismo y la muerte (1987)
  • Georgetown blues y otros poemas (1987)
  • Los soles griegos (1989)
  • Nuevas peregrinaciones (1994)
  • Los pasos revividos (1997)
  • Lecturas, navegaciones y naufragios (1999)
  • Algunos ensayos (2000)
  • Esbozos y miradas del bazar de asombros (2006)
  • Antología con dudas (2008)

Health

  • long illness
    晩年
    Cause of death

Legacy

Prominent Mexican poet, diplomat, and academic whose diplomatic postings influenced his writings. Received numerous awards; poetry translated into several languages.

Trivia

  • His poetry has been translated into English, French, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Russian, and Romanian.
  • Served as Mexico's Ambassador to Greece (1987-1994), concurrently to Cyprus, Lebanon, Moldova, and Romania.