Alí Chumacero

Alí Chumacero

Alí Chumacero Lora (9 July 1918 – 22 October 2010) was a Mexican poet.

Career

Chumacero was born in Acaponeta, Nayarit. He was the joint editor of Tierra Nueva magazine from 1940-42. He edited Letras de México and El Hijo Pródigo.

Between 1952-53, Chumacero received scholarships for the Colegio de México and for the Mexican Center of Writers. He became a member of the Mexican Academy of Language in 1964. He was an advisor for the Fondo de Cultura Económica.

Chumacero edited La cultura en México (a cultural supplement to the Mexican newspapers Novedades and Ovaciones).

Death

He died in Mexico City from pneumonia in 2010, aged 92.

Works

Chumacero's works include:

• Desert of Dreams (Páramo de sueños) (1944)
• Exiled Images (Imágenes desterradas) (1948)
• Words in Rest (Palabras en reposo) (1956). He received a national tribute in 1996 for his third book, Words in Rest, for its cultural work and poetic creation.
• The critical moments (Los momentos críticos)

Sources

• http://members.fortunecity.com/mundopoesia2/autores/ali_chumacero.htm