Grupo Saker-Ti

Grupo Saker-Ti was Guatemalan writers group formed in 1947. The name derives from the Cakchiquel language word for "dawn." Because they were left-wing ideologues who supported the democratically elected presidents of Guatemala Juan José Arévalo and Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, a December 1952 United States Central Intelligence Agency report stated that "one of the oldest and most consistently prominent of the (Communist) front groups is "Grupo Saker-Ti", an organization formed by militant young intellectuals associated with the leftist-nationalist Revolution of 1944."

The movement disbanded and many of its members fled Guatemala following the 1954 Operation PBSUCCESS that overthrew the government.

Grupo Saker-Ti members included:
* Julio Fausto Aguilera (b. 1929), poet
* Huberto Alvarado (1927-1974), poet, politician
* Melvin René Barahona (1931-1965), poet
* Abelardo Rodas Barrios (1930-1988), poet
* Carlos Navarrete (b. 1931), writer, anthropologist
* Raúl Leiva (1916-1975), poet
* Werner Ovalle López (1928-1970), poet
* Oscar Arturo Palencia (1932-1981), writer
* Roberto Paz y Paz (1927-2004), journalist
* Rafael Sosa (b. 1928), poet
* Olga Martínez Torres, (b. 1927), poet
* José María López Valdizón (1929-1975), writer
* Orlando Vitola (1922-1952), writer

References

* [http://www.literaturaguatemalteca.org Guatemalan Literature Webpage]
* [http://www.mcd.gob.gt/MICUDE/biografias/biografias_artisticas/biografias_literatura/listado_literatura Government of Guatemala, Ministry of Culture and Sports]
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/ike/guat/20175.htm U.S. Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency report]