Carlos Montemayor

Carlos Montemayor (Parral, Chihuahua, June 13, 1947 – Mexico City, February 28, 2010) was a Mexican novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, tenor, political analyst, and promoter of contemporary literature written in indigenous languages. He was a Member of the Mexican Academy of the Language.

Montemayor died of stomach cancer on February 28, 2010.^[1]

Awards and honors

• 1990 José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature^[2]

Works

Novel

• Mal de piedra (Blood relations, 1980)
• Minas del retorno (Gambusino, 1982)
• Guerra en el paraíso (1997)
• Los informes secretos (1999)
• Las armas del alba (2003)
• La fuga (2007)

Narrative

• Las llaves de Urgell (1971)
• El alba y otros cuentos (1986)
• Operativo en el trópico (1994)
• Cuentos gnósticos (1997)
• La tormenta y otras historias (1999)

Poetry

• Las armas del viento (1977)
• Abril y otros poemas (1979)
• Finisterra (Finisterra and other poems, 1982)
• Abril y otras estaciones (1989)
• Poesía (1977-1996) (1997)
• Antología personal (2001)

References

1. "Mexican author Carlos Montemayor dies at 62". Associated Press. February 28, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
2. "El Fuentes Mares para García Mainou". eleconomista.com. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

External links

• Carlos Montemayor's profile, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes
• Report of death (El Universal)