Natalia Toledo
Encyclopedia
Natalia Toledo Paz is a Mexican
poet in Spanish
and Zapotec
.
She is daughter of the painter Francisco Toledo
and sister of Dr Lakra
. She studied in Casa de la Cultura de Juchitán and Sociedad General de Escritores de México (the General Society of Writers of Mexico, SOGEM
). She has been a scholar of Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (the National Fund for Culture and for the Arts, FONCA
) (1994–1995; 2001–2002), and Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes de Oaxaca (the Fund for Culture and for the Arts of Oaxaca, FOESCA) (1995–1996). She is the president of Patronato de la Casa de la Cultura de Juchitán (Fund of the House of Culture of Juchitán).
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...
poet in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Zapotec
Zapotec language
The Zapotec language are a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken by the Zapotec people from the southwestern-central highlands of Mexico. Present-day native speakers are estimated to number over half a million, with the majority inhabiting the state of Oaxaca....
.
She is daughter of the painter Francisco Toledo
Francisco Toledo
Francisco Benjamín López Toledo is a Mexican graphic artist. He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Oaxaca and the Centro Superior de Artes Aplicadas del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, where he studied graphic arts with Guillermo Silva Santamaria...
and sister of Dr Lakra
Dr Lakra
Dr Lakra is an artist and tattooist based in Oaxaca, Mexico. Apart from tattooing, his art involves embellishing found images and objects—for instance, dolls, old medical illustrations, and pictures in 1950s Mexican magazines—with macabre or tattoo-style designs.He has shown work internationally...
. She studied in Casa de la Cultura de Juchitán and Sociedad General de Escritores de México (the General Society of Writers of Mexico, SOGEM
SOGEM
SOGEM is the Mexican Writers' Guild. Besides giving the usual protection to the copyright of authors, it has the oldest School of Creative Writing in Mexico...
). She has been a scholar of Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (the National Fund for Culture and for the Arts, FONCA
FONCA
The National Fund for Culture and Arts is a public agency of the Mexican federal government, attached to the National Council for Culture and the Arts ....
) (1994–1995; 2001–2002), and Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes de Oaxaca (the Fund for Culture and for the Arts of Oaxaca, FOESCA) (1995–1996). She is the president of Patronato de la Casa de la Cultura de Juchitán (Fund of the House of Culture of Juchitán).
Works
- Poetry
- Paraíso de fisuras (1990), junto con Rocío González, Consejo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes de Oaxaca.
- Ca guna gu bidxa, ca guna guiiba' risaca (Mujeres del sol, mujeres de oro, 2002), Instituto Oaxaqueño de las Culturas.
- Guie' yaase (Olivo negro, 2004), CONACULTA.
- Xtaga be'ñe (Flor de pantano, 2004), Instituto Oaxaqueño de las Culturas.
- Guendaguti ñee sisi (La muerte pies ligeros, 2005), Fondo de Cultura Económica.
- Anthologies
- Demián Flores CortésDemián FloresDemián Flores Cortés is aMexican visual artist. Flores is probably best known forincorporating Mexican folkloric themes into his work, for example his use of wrestling motifs in his series Arena México...
(1993), Palimpsesto, Ediciones Bi'cu'. - Aurora Mayra Saavedra (1996) Las divinas mutantes, UNAM.
- Antología de poetas de Tierra Adentro (1997), TELAM Nava.
- Varios Autores (1997), Historia de Arte de Oaxaca, tomo lll, Gobierno del Estado de Oaxaca.
- Miguel Flores (1998), Toledo: la línea metafórica, Ediciones Oro de la Noche/FONCA.
- Víctor de la Cruz (1999), Guie' sti' diidxazá, La flor de la palabra, UNAM.
- Verónika Bennholdt-Thomsen (2000), Juchitán-Mexikos stad der fra un, Frederking & Thaler, Alemania.
- Memoria del XII Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín (2002), Colombia.
- Mónica de la Torre, Michael Wiegers (2002), Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry, Copper Canyon PressCopper Canyon PressCopper Canyon Press is an independent, non-profit small press, specializing in the publication of poetry and located in the picturesque town of Port Townsend, Washington. Since 1972, the Press has published poetry exclusively and has established an international reputation for its commitment to...
, Estados Unidos. - Carlos MontemayorCarlos MontemayorCarlos Montemayor was a Mexican novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, tenor, political analyst, and promoter of contemporary literature written in indigenous languages. He was a Member of the Mexican Academy of the Language.Montemayor died of stomach cancer on February 28, 2010...
(2003), La voz profunda, antología de literatura mexicana en lenguas indígenas, Joaquín Mortiz. - Carlos Montemayor y Donald Frischmann (2006), Words of the True Peoples. Anthology of Mexican Indigenous-Language Writers, University of Texas Press.
- Demián Flores Cortés
External links
- Sources
- Premio Nezahualcóyotl 2004 Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas
- Entregan premio Nezahualcóyotl a la poeta Natalia Toledo Paz Letralia
- Natalia Toledo: dibujar y hacer música con palabras La Ventana
- Poetry on-line
- Dos poemas de Natalia Toledo La Jornada Ojarasca 47, March 2001.
- Tres poetas: Natalia Toledo, Víctor Manuel Pazarín y Rodolfo Alonso La Jornada Semanal, Núm. 378, 2 June 2002.