Carlos Montemayor

Carlos Montemayor (June 13, 1947 – February 28, 2010) 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.

Carlos Montemayor
Born	(1947-06-13)June 13, 1947 Parral, Chihuahua
Died	February 28, 2010(2010-02-28) (aged 62) Mexico City
Occupation	Novelist Poet Storyteller Translator Essayist Tenor
Language	Spanish
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Notable works	Las llaves de Urgell Guerra en el Paraíso
Notable awards	Xavier Villaurrutia Award (1971) National Prize for Arts (2009)

Montemayor was born in Parral, Chihuahua. He died of stomach cancer on February 28, 2010, in Mexico City.^[1]

Awards and honors

• Xavier Villaurrutia Award, for Las llaves de Urgell (1971).^[2][3][4]
• Alfonso X Award for Literary Translation (1989).^[5][6]
• José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature for his poetry book Abril y otras estaciones (1990).^[7][8]
• Juan Rulfo Award [es] by Radio France Internationale, for his short story Operativo en el trópico (1994).^[9]
• Colima Fine Arts Award for Published Narrative [es], for his novel Guerra en el Paraíso [es] (1991).^[3]
• Member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, since March 14, 1985. His chair was number XX.^[10]
• Roque Dalton Medal (2003).^[11][12]
• Honorary doctorate by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in 1995^[3] and by the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua in 2009.^[10][13]
• National Prize for Arts in the Linguistics and literature category (2009).^[14]
• A statue of Montemayor was erected in Parral, Chihuahua's main square in 2021.^[15]

Works

Novel

• Mal de piedra (Blood relations, 1980)
• Minas del retorno (Gambusino, 1982)
• Guerra en el paraíso (1997)
• Los informes secretos (1999)
• Las armas del alba (2003)
• La fuga (2007)

Narrative

• Las llaves de Urgell (1971)
• El alba y otros cuentos (1986)
• Operativo en el trópico (1994)
• Cuentos gnósticos (1997)
• La tormenta y otras historias (1999)

Poetry

• Las armas del viento (1977)
• Abril y otros poemas (1979)
• Finisterra (Finisterra and other poems, 1982)
• Abril y otras estaciones (1989)
• Poesía (1977–1996) (1997)
• Antología personal (2001)
• Apuntes del exilio (2010)