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Jorge Aguilar Mora

ホルヘ・アギラール・モラ

Horuhe Agirāru Mora

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-01-09 (Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico)
Died
2024-01-05 (Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.) age 77
Nationality
Mexico
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Mexico City, Mexico → Paris, France → Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.

Career

Occupations
essayist, novelist, poet, professor, literary critic
Active Years
1968-2024
Affiliations
National Autonomous University of Mexico, El Colegio de México
Influenced By
Roland Barthes
Influenced
Researchers on Octavio Paz, Gabriela Brimmer

Education

National Autonomous University of Mexico
Hispanic language and literature
Country: Mexico
El Colegio de México
Hispanic literature
Degree: 博士号
Country: Mexico
Doctorate obtained

Awards

Xavier Villaurrutia Award
2015
Organization: National Library (Mexico)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La divina pareja: Historia y mito en Octavio Paz

1978 Essay

Analysis of history and myth in Octavio Paz's works.

Octavio PazHistoryMyth

Cadáver lleno de mundo

Novel

Si muero lejos de ti

Novel

Los secretos de la aurora

Novel

US Mail Special Delivery

Poetry

Bibliography

  • Cadáver lleno de mundo
  • Si muero lejos de ti
  • Los secretos de la aurora
  • US Mail Special Delivery
  • No hay otro cuerpo
  • Esta tierra sin razón y poderosa
  • Stabat Mater
  • La divina pareja: Historia y mito en Octavio Paz
  • Una muerte sencilla, justa, eterna: Cultura y guerra durante la Revolución Mexicana
  • Un día en la vida del general Obregón
  • Sueños de la razón, 1799 y 1800. Umbrales del siglo XIX

Style & Themes

Literary Style
CriticalPoetic
Recurring Motifs
Mexican cultureRevolutionMyth

Legacy

Important Mexican essayist and writer, known for his critique of Octavio Paz. Winner of the Xavier Villaurrutia Award.

Trivia

  • Arrested during the 1968 Mexican Movement and exiled to Paris.
  • Student of Roland Barthes.