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. 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. 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 The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL, en, National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature), located in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, is the Mexican institution in charge of coordinating artistic and cultural ...

(INBA) and the Instituto Cinematográfico de la Asociación Nacional de Actores. He was influenced by the much older gay poet

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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 The University of Sonora (Universidad de Sonora, abbreviated as Unison) is a public university in the northwestern state of Sonora, Mexico that has a strong research program. The university was founded in 1942 and is considered the main cultural ...

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''. Bohórquez died on 28 November 1995 in Hermosillo, Sonora.

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Life and career

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