Enrique González Rojo (October 5, 1928 – March 5, 2021) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and teacher.

Biography

González Rojo was the only son of the writer Enrique González Rojo.''Obra completa''
(Spanish), p. 18. After the death of his father, he grew up at his grandfather

Enrique González Martínez Enrique González Martínez (April 13, 1871 in Guadalajara, Jalisco – February 19, 1952 in Mexico City) was a Mexican poet, diplomat, surgeon and obstetrician. His poetry is considered to be primarily Modernist in nature, with elements of Fre ...

, and the family decided, that the name of his father should not get lost. In 1959, he obtained the teacher's degree and a doctorate in philosophy. He taught at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

and at

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana The Metropolitan Autonomous University (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana'') also known as UAM, is a Mexican public university. Founded in 1974 with the support of then-President Luis Echeverria Alvarez, the institut ...

, as well as the

Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo (UMSNH) is a public university in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, and the oldest institution of higher education in the Americas. The University grants law, economics, computer science, medicine, ar ...

and the Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo.Information from Enrique González Rojo's website.

Selected works

* ''Para deletrear el infinito I'', 1972 * ''Para leer a Althusser'', 1974 * '' El quíntuple balar de mis sentidos, 1976 * ''Teoría científica de la historia'', 1977 * ''La Revolución proletario-intellectual'', 1981 * ''Por los siglos de los siglos'', 1981 * ''Para deletrear el infinito II'', 1985 * ''Epistemología y socialismo'', 1986-1988 (six volumes) * ''Para deletrear el Infinito III'', 1988 * ''Las huestes de Heráclito'', 1988 * ''Apolo musageta'', 1989 * ''El Junco'', 2000 * ''La cantata del árbol que camina'', 2000 * ''Memoralia del sol'', 2002 * ''Viejos'', 2002

Awards

Xavier Villaurrutia Award The Xavier Villaurrutia Award (Premio Xavier Villaurrutia) is a prestigious literary prize given in Mexico, to a Latin American writer published in Mexico. Founded in 1955, it was named in memory of Xavier Villaurrutia. Multiple awards have been gi ...

, 1976 for ''El quíntuple balar de mis sentidos'' * Premio Latinoamericano de Poesía y Cuento “Benemérito de América”, 2002, for ''Viejos''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez Rojo, Enrique 1928 births 2021 deaths Mexican male writers Mexican philosophers Writers from Mexico City Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico Academic staff of Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Academic staff of Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Academic staff of the Chapingo Autonomous University 20th-century Mexican male writers 21st-century Mexican male writers