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Marco Antonio Montes de Oca

マルコ・アントニオ・モンテス・デ・オカ

Marco Antonio Montes de Oca

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1932-08-03 （Mexico City, Mexico）
Died
2009-02-07 （Mexico City, Mexico） age 76
Nationality
Mexico
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Mexico City, Mexico

Career

Occupations
Poet, Painter
Active Years
1953-2009
Influenced
Octavio Paz

Awards

Xavier Villaurrutia Prize
1959
Work: Delante de la luz cantan los pájaros
Organization: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ruina de la infame Babilonia

1953 Poetry

One of his principal early poetry books.

Ruin of BabylonDespair

Delante de la luz cantan los pájaros

1959 Poetry

Poetry book that won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize.

LightBirdsong
Translations
  • Translated into English

Bibliography

  • Ruina de la infame Babilonia (1953)
  • Contrapunto de la fe (1955)
  • Pliego de testimonios (1956)
  • Delante de la luz cantan los pájaros (1959)
  • Cantos al sol que no se alcanza (1961)
  • Fundación del entusiasmo (1963)
  • La parcela en el edén (1964)
  • Vendimia del juglar (1965)
  • Pedir el fuego (1968)
  • Las fuentes legendarias (1966) Short stories
  • Marco Antonio Montes de Oca (1967) Memoir

Translations of Works

  • The heart of the flute (1978, trans. Laura Villaseñor)
  • Twenty-One Poems (1982, trans. Laura Villaseñor)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Prolific and influential poetic style
Recurring Motifs
LightNatureMysticism

Health

  • Heart attack
    2009年2月
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Recognized as a prolific and influential Mexican poet and painter.

Trivia

  • 20th-century poet from Mexico City.