- Efraín Huerta
Efraín Huerta (
Silao ,Guanajuato ,18 June 1914 –Mexico City ,20 February 1982 ) was a Mexicanpoet .Huerta began studying law at the
UNAM in Mexico City but abandoned his studies in favour of journalism and literature. His first collection of verse, "Absoluto amor", was marked by romantic lyricism, but he later evolved toward a style of poetry that reflected both his personal subjectivity and current political and social conditions. [Volumen 8 Enciclopedia Hispánica. Enciclopædia Britannica Publishers, Inc. EEUU, 1991]From 1938 to 1941 he worked on the literary magazine "
Taller " alonside several of his university colleagues who had taken the path of literature, includingAlberto Quintero Álvarez ,Octavio Paz andRafael Solana . Among the many awards he received were France'sOrdre des Palmes Académiques (1945), theXavier Villaurrutia Award (1975) theNational Science and Arts Prize (1976), and theNational Journalism Prize (1978). For many years he worked as film critic for the newsweekly "El Fígaro".His poetic output was collected in a volume of more than 600 pages, edited by
Martí Soler and published by theFondo de Cultura Económica in 1988.Works
*1935 - "Absoluto amor"
*1936 - "Línea del alba"
*1944 - "Los hombres del alba"
*1943 - "Poemas de guerra y esperanza"
*1950 - "La rosa primitiva"
*1951 - "Poesía"
*1953 - "Poemas de viaje"
*1956 - "Estrella en alto y nuevos poemas"
*1957 - "Para gozar tu paz"
*1959 - "¡Mi país, oh mi país!"
*1959 - "Elegía de la policía montada"
*1961 - "Farsa trágica del presidente que quería una isla"
*1962 - "La raíz amarga"
*1963 - "El Tajín"
*1973 - "Poemas prohibidos y de amor"
*1974 - "Los eróticos y otros poemas"
*1980 - "Estampida de poemínimos"
*1980 - "Tranza poética"
*1985 - "Estampida de Poemínimos"References
External links
* [http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/publicaciones/publi_quepaso/efrainhuerta.htm Efraín Huerta en la página de la Red Escolar de México]
* [http://amediavoz.com/huerta.htm Efraín Huerta: Selected Poems]
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