Eduardo Lizalde facts for kids
Eduardo Lizalde Chávez (born July 14, 1929 – died May 25, 2022) was a well-known Mexican poet. He was also an academic and worked in administration.
Many people called Lizalde "El Tigre" (The Tiger). This nickname came from themes in his writings. He loved stories about tigers from authors like Salgari and Kipling when he was a child. He explained that the tiger is a fascinating symbol. It can represent death, destruction, and also great beauty.
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Eduardo Lizalde's Life and Work
Early Life and Education
Eduardo Lizalde was born in Mexico City in 1929. His father was an engineer who taught him to read very early. This helped Eduardo discover a love for books. He started writing poems when he was young. His first short poems were published in 1948, when he was 18. They appeared in a magazine called El Universal. His first full book of poems, La Mala Hora, came out when he was 27. While studying literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), he also took music classes. He attended the National Conservatory of Music at night.
Political and Literary Groups
In 1955, Lizalde joined the Communist Party of Mexico. However, he was later asked to leave in the early 1960s. This happened at the same time as José Revueltas was also expelled. After this, Lizalde and Revueltas started a new group called "Liga Leninista Espártaco." But they soon became unhappy with this movement too.
Not long after, Lizalde, Enrique González Rojo, and Marco Antonio Montes de Oca began a literary movement. They called it Poeticísmo. This movement did not last very long. Lizalde himself later wrote about it in his book Autobiografía de un Fracaso (which means "Autobiography of a Failure"). He said the group's goals were too unclear. Even though he worked hard to promote Mexican literature, Lizalde sometimes felt his own work was not very useful.
Public Service Roles
Eduardo Lizalde held several important positions. He was the director of the Casa del Lago at UNAM. He also worked in different roles at the Secretariat of Public Education. He was the director of the José Vasconcelos Library. Lizalde also co-hosted a radio show called Contrapunto on the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER).
Awards and Honors
Eduardo Lizalde received many important awards for his work:
- 1970: He won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize.
- 1988: He was awarded the Premio Nacional de Lingüística y Literatura.
- 2002: He received the Premio Iberoamericano Ramón López Velarde.
- 2007: He was chosen to be a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua.
- 2011: He won the Alfonso Reyes International Prize.
- 2016: He was awarded the Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language.
Selected Works
Here are some of Eduardo Lizalde's important books:
- La Zorra Enferma, Mortiz (1974)
- Caza Mayor, UNAM (1979) ISBN: 968-582-615-3
- Autobiografía de un Fracaso. El Poeticísmo, INBA (1981) ISBN: 968-471-009-7
- Memoria del Tigre, Katún (1983) ISBN: 968-430-034-4
- ¡Tigre, Tigre!, Fondo de Cultura Económica (1985) ISBN: 968-16-1811-4
- Antología Impersonal, SEP Cultura (1986) ISBN: 968-290-888-4
- Tabernarios y Eróticos, Vuelta (1988) ISBN: 968-622-905-1
- Almanaque de Cuentos y Ficciones (1955-2005), ERA (2010) ISBN: 607-445-033-1
- El Tigre en la Casa, Valparaíso (2013) ISBN: 84-941036-1-X
See also
In Spanish: Eduardo Lizalde para niños
