Jose Tlatelpas
Encyclopedia
José Tlatelpas is a Mexican
poet
, essayist, visual artist, journalist
, publisher, writer and political activist for civil rights. He lives in Mexico city and Vancouver, Canada.
He has been a director of several cultural and political magazines since 1972, such as Generación (1972), Gaceta Politécnica de Literatura y Redacción (1981), La Guirnalda Polar (since 1996) and Poder Popular (since 2008).
Among other places, he gave workshops for the INBA (National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature) in Mexico, the ENEP Acatlan University; abroad, he conducted workshops in CLAVES Latinoamericanas and the Circulo de Escritores Latinoamericanos in Vancouver, Canada, and other places.
In 1985, he was a coordinator of Maiz Rebelde, the Cultural Group of The Mexican Socialist Party (Partido Mexicano Socialista PMS), a party that evolved into the Partido de la Revolución Democrática or PRD). The Maiz Rebelde group was founded with the poet Mario Ramírez, muralist José Hernández Delgadillo, the poet Benito Balam and others. Among many other works, they published "Desde los Siglos del Maiz Rebelde" (1987), a poetry antology with an introduction by Horacio Caballero.
Spanish:
El libro Rojo del 68, by Mario Ramírez, Leopoldo Ayala and José Tlatelpas, a virtual version of the book commemorating the 40th anniversary of the student genocide in Tlatelolco, Mexico Canada, Spanish, 2008.
Mexico
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poet
Poet
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, essayist, visual artist, journalist
Journalist
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, publisher, writer and political activist for civil rights. He lives in Mexico city and Vancouver, Canada.
He has been a director of several cultural and political magazines since 1972, such as Generación (1972), Gaceta Politécnica de Literatura y Redacción (1981), La Guirnalda Polar (since 1996) and Poder Popular (since 2008).
Among other places, he gave workshops for the INBA (National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature) in Mexico, the ENEP Acatlan University; abroad, he conducted workshops in CLAVES Latinoamericanas and the Circulo de Escritores Latinoamericanos in Vancouver, Canada, and other places.
In 1985, he was a coordinator of Maiz Rebelde, the Cultural Group of The Mexican Socialist Party (Partido Mexicano Socialista PMS), a party that evolved into the Partido de la Revolución Democrática or PRD). The Maiz Rebelde group was founded with the poet Mario Ramírez, muralist José Hernández Delgadillo, the poet Benito Balam and others. Among many other works, they published "Desde los Siglos del Maiz Rebelde" (1987), a poetry antology with an introduction by Horacio Caballero.
Poetry
English:- Canadian panorama, The Coyote Sen Klip Recordings, audiobook, music by America Mestiza, Xavier Quijas, Lindsay Kenyon and Susane Morgan, English, Vancouver, 1991.
- Sprouting from the Light, collective, poetry, Neoclassic E Press, Vancouver, English, Canada, 1991.
Spanish:
- Miriam Barrios o La Huilotita Mañanera, Ediciones del Coyote Esquivo, Spanish, Mexico, 1979.
- El Chalchihuite de Tlatepas, Sawarabi Supansha, Spanish, Kyoto, 1981.
- Poemas desde el Piso o INBATextos a las poetisas fermosas, Ediciones del Coyote Esquivo, Spanish, Mexico, 1985.
El libro Rojo del 68, by Mario Ramírez, Leopoldo Ayala and José Tlatelpas, a virtual version of the book commemorating the 40th anniversary of the student genocide in Tlatelolco, Mexico Canada, Spanish, 2008.
- Coro de llamas para el Che, collective of poetry about Che Guevara, published by Editorial Cibertaria, Spanish, Mexico, 2008.
Visual arts
Some artwork by José Tlatelpas in the Abibi Art Gallery at Bluecanvas.Further reading
- Essay by J Tlatelpas about Nahuatl literature and Angel Ma Garibay K. Spanish, Canada, 1996.
- Blog about José Tlatelpas, Spanish
External links
- La Guirnalda Polar, Hispanic culture webzine, Vancouver, Spanish, Canada.
- Detailed bibliography and bio of José Tlatelpas, English, compiled by Nahún Sánchez at Knol.