Otto-Raúl González

Otto-Raúl González (1921–2007) was a Guatemalan writer, poet, and lawyer.

Biography Otto-Raúl González was born in Guatemala on 1 January 1921. As a young man he became active in student opposition to the dictatorship of Jorge Ubico and, with Carlos Illescas, Augusto Monterroso and other student colleagues, helped found Revista Acento.

After arriving in Mexico, González received support from Alfonso Reyes, who wrote a letter to the rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico that helped him obtain a scholarship.