was a Mexican

Mexico

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 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, educator, and diplomat

Diplomat

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. For his achievements in the poetic arts, he was made a member of the .

Biography

was born in the riverine city of , then known as , to and . His younger brother would also become an important artist. He moved to Mexico City to attend the National Preparatory School and later the . After graduating from the , he worked first as a professor at his alma mater

Alma mater

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 and then at the National School of Teachers in 1932.

After teaching followed a series of important administrative

Public administration

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 jobs in the government: head of the Department of Fine Arts at the Secretariat of Public Education (1932-1935) and head of the Department of Publicity at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations

Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)

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 (1935-1937). Subsequently, he served in various diplomatic and ambassador

Ambassador

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ial capacities, including: Director General of Political Affairs at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations, Director General of the Diplomatic Service (Secretariat of Foreign Relations) (1944), Ambassador to Greece

Greece

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 (1950-1951), Secretary of Foreign Relations (1964), and head of the National Commission of Nuclear Energy

Nuclear energy

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 (1965-1970).

Literary endeavors

Between 1928 and 1931, he was part of the influential vanguardist

Avant-garde

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 group , to which , , , , , and also belonged. His literary output, though sparse, was rich in content. His first book of poetry, (Songs to Sing on Boats), appeared in 1925. After a lull of fourteen years came what is considered his masterpiece

Masterpiece

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, (Death without End). In 1964, he published (Poetry), a collection of his previously published work plus a section dedicated to unfinished pieces called (Of the Frustrated Poem). In 1969, he published a book of essays titled (Prose).

On May 14, 1954 he was elected a member of the , at the occasion of which he read an essay entitled "" ("Notes on Poetry"). On March 22, 1955 he became a numerary

Numerary

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 member of the same and held seat

Chair (official)

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 25.

Selected published works

• , 1925
• , 1939
• , 1964
• , 1969
• . Edited by , 1988
• . Edited by , 1996

External links

• Selections from Death without End