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 the Mexican Academy of Language.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chumacero and the second or maternal family name is Lora.
Alí Chumacero

Biography

Alí Chumacero Lora was born on July 9, 1918, in Acaponeta, state of Nayarit, Mexico. His family moved to Guadalajara, where Chumacero studied from primary school to high school. In 1937 he went to Mexico City planning to study Philosophy and Literature at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 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 magazine Tierra Nueva, along with Jorge González Durán, Leopoldo Zea y 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 in Mexico City from pneumonia in 2010, aged 92.

Career
Alí Chumacero (center) with Elena Poniatowska, and Vicente Leñero, in 2005

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 a director of the Fondo de Cultura Económica.[4]

He worked as an editor of various publications, starting as joint editor of Tierra Nueva magazine from 1940–42 and going on to edit Letras de México, El Hijo Pródigo and La cultura en México (a cultural supplement to the Mexican newspapers Novedades and Ovaciones).[4]

Works

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

In 2008 he received a homage in the Palacio de Bellas Artes on the occasion of his 90th birthday, attended by some of his friends such as Carlos Montemayor, and Eduardo 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]

Ali Chumacero People's Theater, in Tepic

References
  1. Ponce, Armando; Vargas, Rafael. "Alí Chumacero: "Nadie me leyó"" (in Spanish). Revista Proceso. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. Martínez, José Luis (12 October 2018). "Generación de Tierra Nueva". Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México. Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas. Archived from the original on 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  3. Ruiz, Bernardo (July 2018). "Recuerdo de Alí Chumacero" (PDF). Revista Casa del Tiempo. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. V (52): 13–20. ISSN 2448-5446. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2020.
  4. "Alí Chumacero". Academia Mexicana de la Lengua. Archived from the original on 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  5. "Premio Xavier Villaurrutia". El Poder de la Palabra. Archived from the original on 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  6. "Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes" (PDF). Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  7. 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. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  8. Aguilar, Yanet (24 June 2008). "Rinden homenaje en Bellas Artes a Alí Chumacero". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  9. "Historia". Teatro del Pueblo. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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