Enrique González Rojo Jr.

Enrique González Rojo (October 5, 1928 – March 5, 2021) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and teacher.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Rojo.
Enrique González Rojo
BornEnrique González Arthur
(1928-10-05)October 5, 1928[1]
Mexico City, Mexico
DiedMarch 5, 2021(2021-03-05) (aged 92)
Occupationwriter, philosopher and teacher
NationalityMexican
Website
www.enriquegonzalezrojo.com, literatura.inba.gob.mx/estado-de-mexico/4259-gonzalez-rojo-arthur-enrique.html

Biography

González Rojo was the only son of the writer Enrique González Rojo.[2] After the death of his father, he grew up at his grandfather Enrique González Martínez, and the family decided, that the name of his father should not get lost.[3] In 1959, he obtained the teacher's degree and a doctorate in philosophy. He taught at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, as well as the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo and the Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo.[4]

Selected works
  • Para deletrear el infinito I, 1972
  • Para leer a Althusser, 1974
  • El quíntuple balar de mis sentidos, 1976
  • Teoría científica de la historia, 1977
  • La Revolución proletario-intellectual, 1981
  • Por los siglos de los siglos, 1981
  • Para deletrear el infinito II, 1985
  • Epistemología y socialismo, 1986-1988 (six volumes)
  • Para deletrear el Infinito III, 1988
  • Las huestes de Heráclito, 1988
  • Apolo musageta, 1989
  • El Junco, 2000
  • La cantata del árbol que camina, 2000
  • Memoralia del sol, 2002
  • Viejos, 2002

Awards
  • Xavier Villaurrutia Award, 1976 for El quíntuple balar de mis sentidos
  • Premio Latinoamericano de Poesía y Cuento “Benemérito de América”, 2002, for Viejos

References
  1. Fue homenajeado el poeta Enrique González Rojo por cumplir 80 años (Spanish).
  2. Obra completa (Spanish), p. 18.
  3. José Angel Leyva, José Vicente Anaya: Enrique González Rojo: Tuércele el cuello a la señora Posteridad Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish), November 27, 2001
  4. Information from Enrique González Rojo's website.
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