Alí Chumacero
Alí Chumacero Lora(9 July 1918 – 22 October 2010) was a Mexican poet, translator, literary critic and editor. He was a member of theMexican Academy of Language.
Biography[edit]
Alí Chumacero Lora was born on July 9, 1918, inAcaponeta,Nayarit.His family moved toGuadalajara,where Chumacero studied from primary school to high school. In 1937 he went toMexico Cityplanning to study Philosophy and Literature atUNAM,but he could not immediately enroll due to having failed some courses in high school. He was living with an aunt and sharing a room with four people, and used the time to read and explore the city.[1]
In 1940, while studying at the university, he founded the magazineTierra Nueva,along with Jorge González Durán,Leopoldo Zeay José Luis Martínez, which was in circulation until 1942. In this publication the authors sought to balance the spontaneity of modern literature with the rigor of academic literary studies.[2]
He married in 1949 with Lourdes Gómez Luna and the couple had five children.[3]
He died inMexico Cityfrom pneumonia in 2010, aged 92.
Career[edit]
Between 1952 and 1953, Chumacero received scholarships for theColegio de Méxicoand for the Mexican Center of Writers. He became a member of the Mexican Academy of Language in 1964. He was a director of theFondo de Cultura Económica.[4]
He worked as an editor of various publications, starting as joint editor ofTierra Nuevamagazine from 1940 to 1942 and going on to editLetras de México,El Hijo PródigoandLa cultura en México(a cultural supplement to the Mexican newspapersNovedadesandOvaciones).[4]
Works[edit]
Chumacero's works include:
- Desert of Dreams(Páramo de sueños) (1944)
- Exiled Images(Imágenes desterradas) (1948)
- Words in Rest(Palabras en reposo) (1956)
- The critical moments(Los momentos críticos)
Awards and recognition[edit]
- Xavier Villaurrutia Award(1984)[5]
- Alfonso Reyes International Prize(1986)
- National Art and Sciences Award (Linguistics and Literature) (1987)[6]
- MedallaBelisario Domínguez Medal of Honorfrom theMexican Senate(1996)[7]
In 2008 he received a homage in thePalacio de Bellas Arteson the occasion of his 90th birthday, attended by some of his friends such asCarlos Montemayor,andEduardo Lizalde.[8]
The Ali Chumacero People's Theater was inaugurated in 1987 in Tepic, and is the most important cultural venue in the state of Nayarit.[9]
References[edit]
- ^Ponce, Armando; Vargas, Rafael."Alí Chumacero:" Nadie me leyó ""(in Spanish). Revista Proceso. Archived fromthe originalon 20 August 2020.Retrieved20 August2020.
- ^Martínez, José Luis (12 October 2018)."Generación de Tierra Nueva".Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México.Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas.Archivedfrom the original on 2020-08-20.Retrieved2020-08-20.
- ^Ruiz, Bernardo (July 2018)."Recuerdo de Alí Chumacero"(PDF).Revista Casa del Tiempo.V(52). Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana: 13–20.ISSN2448-5446.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 August 2020.
- ^ab"Alí Chumacero".Academia Mexicana de la Lengua.Archivedfrom the original on 2020-08-21.Retrieved2020-08-21.
- ^"Premio Xavier Villaurrutia".El Poder de la Palabra.Archivedfrom the original on 2020-08-21.Retrieved2020-08-21.
- ^"Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes"(PDF).Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 July 2011.Retrieved1 December2009.
- ^Navarro Quintero, Miguel Angel (27 February 202)."PROPOSICIÓN CON PUNTO DE ACUERDO POR EL QUE SE SOLICITA QUE SE INSCRIBA EN LETRAS DE ORO" ALÍ CHUMACERO "EN EL RECINTO LEGISLATIVO DE LA CÁMARA DE SENADORES DEL HONORABLE CONGRESO DE LA UNIÓN".Gaceta del Senado.Archivedfrom the original on 21 August 2020.Retrieved21 August2020.
- ^Aguilar, Yanet (24 June 2008)."Rinden homenaje en Bellas Artes a Alí Chumacero".El Universal(in Spanish).Archivedfrom the original on 2020-08-22.Retrieved2020-08-22.
- ^"Historia".Teatro del Pueblo.Archived fromthe originalon 22 August 2020.Retrieved22 August2020.
