Mario Santiago Papasquiaro
Mario Santiago Papasquiaro is the pen name of José Alfredo Zendejas Pineda (Mexico City, December 25, 1953–1998),[1] Mexican poet and co-founder of the infrarrealista poetry movement.
Mario Santiago Papasquiaro | |
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| Born | José Alfredo Zendejas Pineda December 25, 1953 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | January 10, 1998 (aged 44) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Period | 1972–1998 |
| Literary movement | Infrarrealismo |
Biography
Papasquiaro was born in 1953 in Mexico City.[2]
Papasquiaro's first reading was at the Museo Nacional de San Carlos in 1973. In 1976, he founded the Infrarrealismo (Infrarealism) movement along with Roberto Bolaño, Cuauhtémoc Méndez Estrada, Ramón Méndez Estrada, Bruno Montané, Rubén Medina, Juan Esteban Harrington, Óscar Altamirano, José Peguero, Guadalupe Ochoa, José Vicente Anaya, Pedro Damián Bautista,[3] and Mara Larrosa.
Santiago inspired the character of Ulises Lima in fellow infrarealist Roberto Bolaño's novel The Savage Detectives.[4] Like Santiago, the Lima character is an eccentric adventurer, and an opponent of the traditional forms of writers who sold out for state scholarships. Santiago frequently made enemies due to his sincerity and open criticism of what he deemed inferior forms of poetry, the literary elite, and poets themselves. He has gained slight recognition, though he is recognized and lauded by the recorded oral testimonies of his "comrades-in-arms".
He died after being hit by a motorist on January 10, 1998, in Mexico City.[2]
Works
His poems were collected in Aullido de cisne, published in 1996. The last poem he wrote was EME ESE PE,[5] published in La Jornada newspaper days before his death.
Santiago is considered by many to be the principal exponent and purest stylistic representative of the infrarealism movement, a vanguard literary movement representing a rupture with the Mexican literary establishment. His poems are complex, erudite, and highly metaphorical. Santiago sought an aesthetic of signs, much like the calligrams of Guillaume Apollinaire. The majority of his work is still unpublished.
References
- "Mario Santiago Papasquiaro". 2013-06-07. Archived from the original on 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- "Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- Élmer Santana is the alter ego of Pedro Damián Bautista, infrarrealist. Élmer doesn´t exist, I am Edgar Altamirano (my alter ego is: https://www.facebook.com/edgar.artaud), infrarrealist and creator of the Infrarrealism web page, now disappeared by decisiton of the group.
- Papasquiaro, Mario Santiago (2018-01-21). Poetry Comes Out of My Mouth: Selected Poems. Diálogos Books. ISBN 978-1-944884-40-6.
- "Reprise: Infrarrealistas". Chicago Review. 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2021-07-07.