Abigael Bohórquez

Abigael Bohórquez (12 March 1936 — 28 November 1995) was a Mexican poet and playwright.

Life and career

Bohórquez was born in Caborca, Sonora, Mexico, on 12 March 1936.[1] Many of his works are social criticisms. He was also one of the first writers to deal with the theme of homosexuality in Mexican poetry.[2] His first book was Ensayos Poéticos in 1955, when he was just nineteen years old with no formal training. He studied the dramatic arts at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA) and the Instituto Cinematográfico de la Asociación Nacional de Actores. He was influenced by the much older gay poet Carlos Pellicer while living in Mexico City.

Shortly after, his work began to gain recognitions such as the Primer Concurso Latinoamericano XEW for his poetry and various from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He became a professor at the Academia de Arte Dramático of the Universidad de Sonora and director for two theatre groups. Bohórquez died in Hermosillo in 1995 after writing eighteen works of poetry and plays. Some of these include Poesía I teatro, La hoguera en el pañuelo, Canción de amor y muerte por Rubén Jaramillo, and Las amarras terrestres.[3]

Bohórquez died on 28 November 1995 in Hermosillo, Sonora.[1][4]

Further reading

• Efrén Ortiz Dominguez, Sublime abyección: La poesía de Abigael Bohórquez y de Juan Bañuelos, City University of New York

References

1. "Abigael Bohórquez". Enciclopedia de la literatura en México (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
2. Seidman, Anthony (23 May 2017). "Not Forgotten: On the Sonoran Poet Abigael Bohórquez (1936-1995)". Blog - Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
3. Jimenez Gonzalez, Victor Manuel, ed. (2010). Sonora: Guía para descubrir los encantos del estado [Sonora: Guide to discover the charms of the state] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Océano de Mexico SA de CV. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-607-400-319-2.
4. Bruno Ríos (30 November 2014). "Abigael Bohórquez, obra en orfandad crítica". Excélsior.