Efraín Bartolomé
Efraín Bartolomé was born in Ocosingo, Chiapas, on December 15, 1950. Critics consider him a leading figure in contemporary Mexican poetry.
His poetic work, which now comprises more than twenty titles, has been collected in four anthological volumes, two in Mexico and two in Spain: AGUA LUSTRAL Poetry 1982-1987, Lecturas mexicanas, National Council for Culture and the Arts, 1994; OFICIO: ARDER Complete Poetic Works 1982-1997, UNAM, 1999; EL SER QUE SOMOS, Editorial Renacimiento, Seville, 2006; and CABALGAR EN LAS ALAS DE LA TORMENTA, Editorial Balduque, Cartagena, Spain, 2015. His first book, Ojo de jaguar, has been reprinted 14 times.
He has been awarded with the Mexico City Prize, Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize, Carlos Pellicer Prize for published work, and Jaime Sabines International Poetry Prize, among others.
His work is included in nearly 200 national and international anthologies. His poems have been translated into English, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Galician, Arabic, Yucatec Maya, Nahuatl, and Esperanto.
Efraín Bartolomé‘s Testamentum is book No. 35 in Darklight's bilingual poetry collection and was translated from Spanish to English by American translator Cynthia Steele.
