Arturo Meza is a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 songwriter, musician

Musician

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, composer, singer, poet

Poet

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 and writer

Writer

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. He is a prolific artist and inventor of musical instruments, such as the teclaedro, yeloguerlizet, mezáfono and oglio. The base of his songs is folk music, usually only his own voice and guitar

Guitar

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. Meza is an independent and prolific artist, and has published 32 albums, always removed from the musical mainstream. He is one of the most accomplished independent composers in Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

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Works

Meza has released 32 albums, with more than 270 songs:

• No vayamos a irnos sin el mar (Let's not go without the sea) (Gente de México, 1984)
• In principio (In the beginning) (Gente de México, 1984)
• Suite Koradi (Koradi Suite) (Gente de México, 1985)
• Sin título (Untitled) (Gente de México, 1987)
• Requiem (Gente de México, 1988)
• Ayunando entre las ruinas (Fasting in the ruins) (Gente de México, 1988)
• Setenta centavos (Seventy cents) (Gente de México, 1989)
• Para un compa (For a friend) (Gente de México, 1990)
• Crónica sonora (Sound chronic) (Gente de México, 1990)
• En el monte de los equinoccios (In the Equinox mount)(Gente de México, 1991)
• Venadito del sol - Hikuri (Deer of the sun - Hikuri) (Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas
  Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas
  After almost 75 years of existence, the Institute of Aesthetic Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, since its foundation in 1936, research has been carried out in its installations into the different forms of artistic expression in Mexico; the diversity of studies undertaken...
  
  , UNAM
  Unam
  UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...
  
  , 1993)
• A la siniestra del Padre (At the left of Father) (Gente de México, 1992)
• La Balada de Galaver (Gallaver's ballad) (Gente de México, 1993)
• La sangre de los ángeles (The blood of angels) (Gente de México, 1995)
• Setenta centavos para un compa (Seventy cents for a friend) (Rock and roll Circus, 1995)
• Descalzos al paraíso (Barefoot to paradise) (Gente de México, 1996)
• Criando cuervos (Raising crows) (Independiente, 1996)
• Canciones para cantar en el infierno, volumen 1 (Songs to sing in the hell) (FCM Música 1998)
• Borges: homenaje en el centenario de su natalicio (Borges: tribute in his centenary) (Gente de México / Fundación Jorge Luis Borges Argentina, 1999)
• Némesis (Dime Abuelita Records / Gente de México, 1999)
• El 33 de este mes (The 33 of this month) (Gente de México, 2001)
• Canciones para cantar en el infierno 2 (Songs to sing in the hell 2) (Gente de México, 2001)
• Merlin
  Merlin
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   Soy Arturo, La espina de su amor, Ella, La mar (Merlin, I'm Arturo, the prickle of his love, she, the sea) (Gente de México, 2002)
• De tin marin (Gente de México, 2003)
• De do pingüé (Gente de México, 2003)
• Amor y paz (Peace and love) (Gente de México, 2004)
• Qkramakra (Gente de México, Cúcara mácara)(2005)
• Planeta miedo (Planet Fear) (Gente de México, 2005)
• Fin (End) (2006)
• DTiTreNunK Fue (Gente de México, 2007)
• La música escarlata (The scarlet music) (Gente de México, 2007)

Also, he musicalized texts of François Villon

François Villon

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, Rubén Darío

Rubén Darío

Félix Rubén García Sarmiento , known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century...

, Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...

, Denise Levertov

Denise Levertov

-Early life and influences:Levertov was born and grew up in Ilford, Essex.Couzyn, Jeni Contemporary Women Poets. Bloodaxe, p74 Her mother, Beatrice Spooner-Jones Levertoff, came from a small mining village in North Wales...

, Nezahualcoyotl

Nezahualcoyotl

Nezahualcoyotl was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in pre-Columbian Mexico...

, Boanergés de Magdaló, Luis G. Franco, William Blake

William Blake

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, Mario Santiago Papasquiaro

Mario Santiago Papasquiaro

Mario Santiago Papasquiaro is the pen name of José Alfredo Zendejas Pineda . Mexican poet and co-founder of the infrarrealista poetry movement.-Biography:His first reading was in 1973...

, Margarito Cuéllar, José Eugenio Sánchez, Arnulfo Vigil, Rey Bohindra, Charly Garcia and Josefa Rosalía Luque.

Books

• Ansina como endenantes (Oficio Ediciones, 1993)
• El diablero (The hellist) (Gente de México, 1995)
• Historias de agua
  Agua
  Agua may refer to:*Water, in Spanish*Volcán de Agua, Guatemala*Agua de Dios , municipality in Colombia*Agua , a 2006 Argentine and French sports drama film*"Água de Beber", a song by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes...
  
  (Water stories) (1998)
• Dord (2003)
• Juan Matilde (2005)
• Dándole de tragar al Diablo (Feeding devil) (2005)
• Cartafacio del Infierno. El evangelio de Maria Magdalena (2007)