Alejandro Aura

Alejandro Aura (Mexico City, Mexico; March 2, 1944 – Madrid, Spain; July 30, 2008) was a Mexican writer, essayist, poet, playwright and actor, as well as a culture promoter and television host.

Biography Alejandro Aura was born on March 2, 1944, to a family from the San Rafael borough of Mexico City. His father Olimpo Aura Pineda was a mathematician, and his mother Ema Palacios Ordorica, whose grandfather Manuel Ordorica worked at the National Palace of Mexico with President Porfirio Díaz, was descendant of an aristocratic family. From a young age, Alejandro developed a passion for literature writing poetry, plays, essays, short fiction and fiction. He was also characterized by his political activism by participating actively in the student movement of 1968.

Besides his literary activities, he was director of the Theater and Dance department of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In March, 1995, Aura created the national reading club "Aureolas" in his cultural bar "El hijo del cuervo'" in Coyoacán, where he presented several artistic, cultural and social activities between 1984 and 1999. He later married Carmen Boullosa, with whom he had two children: María and Juan Aura.

Works

Short fiction Los baños de Celeste (1969) La historia de Nápoles (1988) La hora íntima de Agustín Lara (1993) El otro lado (1993)

Poetry Cinco veces la flor, in Poesía Joven de México (1967) Alianza para vivir (1969) Varios desnudos y dos docenas de naturalezas muertas (1971) Volver a casa (1974) Tambor interno (1975) Hemisferio sur (1982) La patria vieja (1986) Cinco veces (1989) Poeta en la mañana (1991)

Drama Los exaltados (1974) Las visitas (1979) Salón calavera (1982) Xe bubulú (1984), in collaboration with Carmen Boullosa. Salón calavera, Las visitas and Bang (1987)