Homero Aridjis
Mexico
One of the leading figures in Latin American literature, Homero Aridjis was born in 1940 in the village of Contepec, Michoacán, Mexico. “A visionary poet of lyrical bliss, crystalline concentrations and infinite spaces,” Aridjis has devoted his life to the nature of words and the protection of nature.
In the seventies, Homero Aridjis was appointed ambassador to the Netherlands and Switzerland, but—in the tradition of Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes—soon resigned, becoming a troubadour for lost environments. In 1985, he founded the legendary Group of 100, an environmentalist association of writers, artists and scientists. “Ecology is poetry.”
From 1997—2003, Homero Aridjis served two terms as president of International PEN. Since 2007, he has been Mexico’s ambassador to UNESCO.
Aridjis has published over thirty books, which include poetry—Blue Spaces, The Exaltation of Light, Eyes To See Otherwise and Solar Poems — novels 1492 The Life and Times of Juan Cabezón of Castile, The Zone of Silence and Hit-Man—and essays Apocalypse with Figures.
Homero Aridjis resides in Paris and Mexico ...
My ambition is not to become president: that is too pedestrian for me.
Interview with Homero Aridjis
